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United States Patent |
10,371,958 |
Wang , et al. |
August 6, 2019 |
Display device
Abstract
A display device comprises a display panel and a grating layer.
From a center of a left-eye field-of-view central area of a left
display area to a non left-eye field-of-view central area of the
left display area, a grating period of a left-eye grating region of
a first color, a grating period of a left-eye grating region of a
second color, and a grating period of a left-eye grating region of
a third color all decrease gradually. From a center of a right-eye
field-of-view central area of a right display area to a non
right-eye field-of-view central area of the right display area, a
grating period of a right-eye grating region of the first color, a
grating period of a right-eye grating region of the second color,
and a grating period of a right-eye grating region of the third
color all decrease gradually.
Inventors: |
Wang; Wei (Beijing,
CN), Yang; Yafeng (Beijing, CN), Chen;
Xiaochuan (Beijing, CN), Tan; Jifeng (Beijing,
CN), Wang; Can (Beijing, CN), Ma; Xinli
(Beijing, CN), Gao; Jian (Beijing, CN),
Zhang; Can (Beijing, CN), Wang; Qian (Beijing,
CN) |
Applicant: |
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BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. |
Beijing |
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CN |
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Assignee: |
BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
(Beijing, CN)
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Family
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56718300 |
Appl.
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15/752,729 |
Filed: |
June 6, 2017 |
PCT
Filed: |
June 06, 2017 |
PCT No.: |
PCT/CN2017/087264 |
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date: |
February 14, 2018 |
PCT
Pub. No.: |
WO2017/219854 |
PCT
Pub. Date: |
December 28, 2017 |
Prior Publication Data
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US 20180239158 A1 |
Aug 23, 2018 |
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Foreign Application Priority Data
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Jun 24, 2016 [CN] |
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2016 1 0476253 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
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G02B
30/26 (20200101); G02F 1/29 (20130101); H04N
13/31 (20180501); H04N 13/344 (20180501); G02B
5/18 (20130101); G02B 30/27 (20200101); G02B
5/1819 (20130101); G02B 5/1866 (20130101); G02F
1/133504 (20130101); G02B 30/00 (20200101); G02F
1/1335 (20130101) |
Current International
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G02B
27/22 (20180101); G02F 1/29 (20060101); G02F
1/1335 (20060101); H04N 13/31 (20180101); G02B
5/18 (20060101); H04N 13/344 (20180101) |
Field of
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;359/462 |
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Primary Examiner: Allen; Stephone B
Assistant Examiner: Abdur; Rahman
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Claims
The invention claimed is:
1. A display device, comprising: a display panel, and a grating
layer arranged inside or outside of the display panel, wherein the
display panel comprises a left display area corresponding to a left
eye of a viewer and a right display area corresponding to a right
eye of the viewer; the left display area comprises a plurality of
left-eye pixels of a first color, a plurality of left-eye pixels of
a second color, a plurality of left-eye pixels of a third color,
and the right display area comprises a plurality of right-eye
pixels of the first color, a plurality of right-eye pixels of the
second color, and a plurality of right-eye pixels of the third
color; the grating layer comprises a left grating region
corresponding to the left display area, and a right grating region
corresponding to the right display area, the left grating region
comprises a left-eye grating region of the first color
corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the first color, a left-eye
grating region of the second color corresponding to the left-eye
pixels of the second color, and a left-eye grating region of the
third color corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the third
color, the right grating region comprises a right-eye grating
region of the first color corresponding to the right-eye pixels of
the first color, a right-eye grating region of the second color
corresponding to the right-eye pixels of the second color, and a
right-eye grating region of the third color corresponding to the
right-eye pixels of the third color; along a direction from a
center of a left-eye field-of-view central area of the left display
area to a non left-eye field-of-view central area of the left
display area, a grating period of the left-eye grating region of
the first color, a grating period of the left-eye grating region of
the second color, and a grating period of the left-eye grating
region of the third color all decrease gradually, and light emitted
by the display device from a position corresponding to the left-eye
pixels of the first color, light emitted by the display device from
a position corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the second
color, and light emitted by the display device from a position
corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the third color are all
directed to the left eye of the viewer; along a direction from a
center of a right-eye field-of-view central area of the right
display area to a non right-eye field-of-view central area of the
right display area, a grating period of the right-eye grating
region of the first color, a grating period of the right-eye
grating region of the second color, and a grating period of the
right-eye grating region of the third color all decrease gradually,
and light emitted by the display device from a position
corresponding to the right-eye pixels of the first color, light
emitted by the display device from a position corresponding to the
right-eye pixels of the second color, and light emitted by the
display device from a position corresponding to the right-eye
pixels of the third color are all directed to the right eye of the
viewer; and the left-eye field-of-view central area does not
overlap with the right-eye field-of-view central area.
2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein along a
direction parallel to a line between the center of the left-eye
field-of-view central area and the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area, from the center of the left-eye
field-of-view central area to both sides of the left display area,
the grating period of the left-eye grating region of the first
color, the grating period of the left-eye grating region of the
second color, and the grating period of the left-eye grating region
of the third color all decrease gradually; along the direction
parallel to the line between the center of the left-eye
field-of-view central area and the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area, from the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area to both sides of the right display area,
the grating period of the right-eye grating region of the first
color, the grating period of the right-eye grating region of the
second color, and the grating period of the right-eye grating
region of the third color all decrease gradually.
3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein along a
direction perpendicular to the line between the center of the
left-eye field-of-view central area and the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area, from the center of the left-eye
field-of-view central area to both sides of the left display area,
the grating period of the left-eye grating region of the first
color, the grating period of the left-eye grating region of the
second color, and the grating period of the left-eye grating region
of the third color all decrease gradually; along the direction
perpendicular to the line between the center of the left-eye
field-of-view central area and the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area, from the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area to both sides of the right display area,
the grating period of the right-eye grating region of the first
color, the grating period of the right-eye grating region of the
second color, and the grating period of the right-eye grating
region of the third color all decrease gradually.
4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality
of left-eye pixels of the first color, the plurality of left-eye
pixels of the second color, the plurality of left-eye pixels of the
third color are arranged to form an array of left-eye pixels, rows
of pixels of the array of left-eye pixels extend along a direction
parallel to a line between the center of the left-eye field-of-view
central area and the center of the right-eye field-of-view central
area, columns of pixels of the array of left-eye pixels extend
along a direction perpendicular to the line between the center of
the left-eye field-of-view central area and the center of the
right-eye field-of-view central area; each row of pixels of the
array of left-eye pixels includes a plurality of left-eye pixels of
the first color, a plurality of left-eye pixels of the second color
and a plurality of left-eye pixels of the third color that are
arranged alternately; each column of pixels of the array of
left-eye pixels includes one type of the left-eye pixels of the
first color, the left-eye pixels of the second color and the
left-eye pixels of the third color.
5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality
of left-eye pixels of the first color, the plurality of left-eye
pixels of the second color, the plurality of left-eye pixels of the
third color are arranged to form an array of left-eye pixels, rows
of pixels of the array of left-eye pixels extend along a direction
parallel to a line between the center of the left-eye field-of-view
central area and the center of the right-eye field-of-view central
area, columns of pixels of the array of left-eye pixels extend
along a direction perpendicular to the line between the center of
the left-eye field-of-view central area and the center of the
right-eye field-of-view central area; each row of pixels of the
array of left-eye pixels includes one type of the left-eye pixels
of the first color, the left-eye pixels of the second color and the
left-eye pixels of the third color; each column of pixels of the
array of left-eye pixels includes a plurality of left-eye pixels of
the first color, a plurality of left-eye pixels of the second color
and a plurality of left-eye pixels of the third color that are
arranged alternately.
6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality
of left-eye pixels of the first color, the plurality of left-eye
pixels of the second color, the plurality of left-eye pixels of the
third color are arranged to form an array of left-eye pixels, rows
of pixels of the array of left-eye pixels extend along a direction
parallel to a line between the center of the left-eye field-of-view
central area and the center of the right-eye field-of-view central
area, columns of pixels of the array of left-eye pixels extend
along a direction perpendicular to the line between the center of
the left-eye field-of-view central area and the center of the
right-eye field-of-view central area; each row of pixels of the
array of left-eye pixels includes a plurality of left-eye pixels of
the first color, a plurality of left-eye pixels of the second color
and a plurality of left-eye pixels of the third color that are
arranged alternately; each column of pixels of the array of
left-eye pixels includes a plurality of left-eye pixels of the
first color, a plurality of left-eye pixels of the second color and
a plurality of left-eye pixels of the third color that are arranged
alternately.
7. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality
of right-eye pixels of the first color, the plurality of right-eye
pixels of the second color, the plurality of right-eye pixels of
the third color are arranged to form an array of right-eye pixels,
rows of pixels of the array of right-eye pixels extend along a
direction parallel to a line between the center of the left-eye
field-of-view central area and the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area, columns of pixels of the array of
right-eye pixels extend along a direction perpendicular to the line
between the center of the left-eye field-of-view central area and
the center of the right-eye field-of-view central area; each row of
pixels of the array of right-eye pixels includes a plurality of
right-eye pixels of the first color, a plurality of right-eye
pixels of the second color and a plurality of right-eye pixels of
the third color that are arranged alternately; each column of
pixels of the array of right-eye pixels includes one type of the
right-eye pixels of the first color, the right-eye pixels of the
second color and the right-eye pixels of the third color.
8. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality
of right-eye pixels of the first color, the plurality of right-eye
pixels of the second color, the plurality of right-eye pixels of
the third color are arranged to form an array of right-eye pixels,
rows of pixels of the array of right-eye pixels extend along a
direction parallel to a line between the center of the left-eye
field-of-view central area and the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area, columns of pixels of the array of
right-eye pixels extend along a direction perpendicular to the line
between the center of the left-eye field-of-view central area and
the center of the right-eye field-of-view central area; each row of
pixels of the array of right-eye pixels includes one type of the
right-eye pixels of the first color, the right-eye pixels of the
second color and the right-eye pixels of the third color; each
column of pixels of the array of right-eye pixels includes a
plurality of right-eye pixels of the first color, a plurality of
right-eye pixels of the second color and a plurality of right-eye
pixels of the third color that are arranged alternately.
9. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality
of right-eye pixels of the first color, the plurality of right-eye
pixels of the second color, the plurality of right-eye pixels of
the third color are arranged to form an array of right-eye pixels,
rows of pixels of the array of right-eye pixels extend along a
direction parallel to a line between the center of the left-eye
field-of-view central area and the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area, columns of pixels of the array of
right-eye pixels extend along a direction perpendicular to the line
between the center of the left-eye field-of-view central area and
the center of the right-eye field-of-view central area; each row of
pixels of the array of right-eye pixels includes a plurality of
right-eye pixels of the first color, a plurality of right-eye
pixels of the second color and a plurality of right-eye pixels of
the third color that are arranged alternately; each column of
pixels of the array of right-eye pixels includes a plurality of
right-eye pixels of the first color, a plurality of right-eye
pixels of the second color and a plurality of right-eye pixels of
the third color that are arranged alternately.
10. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the left
grating region comprises a plurality of left grating bulges, which
are bar-shaped left grating bulges, each left grating bulges
extends along a direction perpendicular to a line between the
center of the left-eye field-of-view central area and the center of
the right-eye field-of-view central area, and the plurality of left
grating bulges are arranged in parallel along a direction parallel
to the line between the center of the left-eye field-of-view
central area and the center of the right-eye field-of-view central
area.
11. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the left
grating region comprises a plurality of left grating bulges, which
are bar-shaped left grating bulges, each left grating bulges
extends along a direction parallel to a line between the center of
the left-eye field-of-view central area and the center of the
right-eye field-of-view central area, and the plurality of left
grating bulges are arranged in parallel along a direction
perpendicular to the line between the center of the left-eye
field-of-view central area and the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area.
12. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the right
grating region comprises a plurality of right grating bulges, which
are bar-shaped right grating bulges, each right grating bulges
extends along a direction perpendicular to a line between the
center of the left-eye field-of-view central area and the center of
the right-eye field-of-view central area, and the plurality of
right grating bulges are arranged in parallel along a direction
parallel to the line between the center of the left-eye
field-of-view central area and the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area.
13. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the right
grating region comprises a plurality of right grating bulges, which
are bar-shaped right grating bulges, each right grating bulge
extends along a direction parallel to a line between the center of
the left-eye field-of-view central area and the center of the
right-eye field-of-view central area, and the plurality of right
grating bulges are arranged in parallel along a direction
perpendicular to the line between the center of the left-eye
field-of-view central area and the center of the right-eye
field-of-view central area.
14. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the viewer
views an image displayed on the display device, the image is
projected on a virtual screen behind the display device, the
virtual screen is a curved-surface virtual screen, the virtual
screen has a center of a circle, and a midpoint of a line between
the left eye and right eye of the viewer is at the center of circle
of the virtual screen.
15. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the viewer
views an image displayed on the display device, the image is
projected on a virtual screen behind the display device, the
virtual screen is a curved-surface virtual screen, the virtual
screen has a center of circle, and the viewer is at a side of the
center of circle of the virtual screen close to the virtual
screen.
16. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the viewer
views an image displayed on the display device, the image is
projected on a virtual screen behind the display device, the
virtual screen is a curved-surface virtual screen and has a center
of circle, the display device is at a side of the center of circle
of the virtual screen close to the virtual screen, and the viewer
is at a side of the center of circle of the virtual screen far away
from the virtual screen.
17. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the left
grating region comprises a plurality of left grating bulges,
wherein a left grating bulge corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area has a thickness h.sub.AL that satisfies
the formula of: .times..times..lamda. ##EQU00008## wherein,
n.sub.GAL is a refractive index of the left grating bulge
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area, n.sub.SAL
is a refractive index of a filler in a gap between two adjacent
left grating bulges corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view
central area, .lamda. is a wavelength of incident light incident on
the grating layer, m.sub.AL is a first constant, which satisfies:
i.sub.AL-1/2<m.sub.AL<i.sub.AL+1/2, i.sub.AL=1, 2, 3, 4K; a
left grating bulge corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view
central area has a thickness h.sub.BL that satisfies the formula
of: .times..times..lamda. ##EQU00009## wherein, n.sub.GBL is a
refractive index of the left grating bulge corresponding to the non
left-eye field-of-view central area, n.sub.SBL is a refractive
index of a filler in a gap between two adjacent left grating bulges
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area,
.lamda. is a wavelength of incident light incident on the grating
layer, m.sub.BL is a second constant, which satisfies:
m.sub.BL=i.sub.BL+1/2, i.sub.BL=0, 1, 2, 3, 4K; the right grating
region comprises a plurality of right grating bulges, and a right
grating bulge corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central
area has a thickness h.sub.AR that satisfies the formula of:
.times..times..lamda. ##EQU00010## wherein, n.sub.GAR is a
refractive index of the right grating bulge corresponding to the
right-eye field-of-view central area, n.sub.SAR is a refractive
index of a filler in a gap between two adjacent right grating
bulges corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area,
.lamda. is a wavelength of incident light incident on the grating
layer, m.sub.AR is a third constant, which satisfies:
i.sub.AR-1/2<m.sub.AR<i.sub.AR+1/2, i.sub.AR=1, 2, 3, 4K; a
right grating bulge corresponding to the non right-eye
field-of-view central area has a thickness h.sub.BR that satisfies
the formula of: .times..times..lamda. ##EQU00011## wherein,
n.sub.GBR is a refractive index of the right grating bulge
corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central area,
n.sub.SBR is a refractive index of a filler in a gap between two
adjacent right grating bulges corresponding to the non right-eye
field-of-view central area, .lamda. is a wavelength of incident
light incident on the grating layer, m.sub.BR is a fourth constant,
which satisfies: m.sub.BR=i.sub.BR+1/2, i.sub.BR=0, 1, 2, 3,
4K.
18. The display device according to claim 17, wherein the left-eye
grating region of the first color is a left-eye R grating region,
the left-eye grating region of the second color is a left-eye G
grating region, the left-eye grating region of the third color is a
left-eye B grating region, the right-eye grating region of the
first color is a right-eye R grating region, the right-eye grating
region of the second color is a right-eye G grating region, and the
right-eye grating region of the third color is a right-eye B
grating region, in an area corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area, the thickness h.sub.ARL of the left
grating bulge of the left-eye R grating region satisfies: 315
nm<h.sub.ARL<945 nm, the thickness h.sub.AGL of the left
grating bulge of the left-eye G grating region satisfies: 275
nm<h.sub.AGL<825 nm, the thickness h.sub.ABL of the left
grating bulge of the left-eye B grating region satisfies: 215
nm<h.sub.ABL<645 nm; in an area corresponding to the non
left-eye field-of-view central area, the thickness h.sub.BRL of the
left grating bulge of the left-eye R grating region is 630 nm, the
thickness h.sub.BGL of the left grating bulge of the left-eye G
grating region is 550 nm, the thickness h.sub.BBL of the left
grating bulge of the left-eye B grating region is 430 nm; in an
area corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area, the
thickness h.sub.ARR of the right grating bulge of the right-eye R
grating region satisfies: 315 nm<h.sub.ARR<945 nm, the
thickness h.sub.AGR of the right grating bulge of the right-eye G
grating region satisfies: 275 nm<h.sub.AGR<825 nm, the
thickness h.sub.ABR of the right grating bulge in the right-eye B
grating region satisfies: 215 nm<h.sub.ABR<645 nm; in an area
corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central area, the
thickness h.sub.BRR of the right grating bulge of the right-eye R
grating region is 630 nm, the thickness h.sub.BGR of the right
grating bulge of the right-eye G grating region is 550 nm, the
thickness h.sub.BBR of the right grating bulge of the right-eye B
grating region is 430 nm.
19. The display device according to claim 1, wherein in an area
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area, a grating
duty cycle dc.sub.AL of the left grating region satisfies
0.2.ltoreq.dc.sub.AL.ltoreq.0.8; in an area corresponding to the
non left-eye field-of-view central area, the grating duty cycle
dc.sub.BL of the left grating region is 0.5; in an area
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area, a
grating duty cycle dc.sub.AR of the right grating region satisfies
0.2.ltoreq.dc.sub.AR.ltoreq.0.8; in an area corresponding to the
non right-eye field-of-view central area, the grating duty cycle
dc.sub.BR of the right grating region is 0.5.
20. A display device, comprising a left display panel, a right
display panel, a left grating layer arranged inside or outside of
the left display panel, and a right grating layer arranged inside
or outside of the right display panel, wherein the left display
panel corresponds to a left eye of a viewer, the right display
panel corresponds to a right eye of the viewer, the left display
panel comprises a plurality of left-eye pixels of a first color, a
plurality of left-eye pixels of a second color, a plurality of
left-eye pixels of a third color, and the right display panel
comprises a plurality of right-eye pixels of the first color, a
plurality of right-eye pixels of the second color, and a plurality
of right-eye pixels of the third color; the left grating layer
comprises a left-eye grating region of the first color
corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the first color, a left-eye
grating region of the second color corresponding to the left-eye
pixels of the second color, and a left-eye grating region of the
third color corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the third
color; the right grating layer comprises a right-eye grating region
of the first color corresponding to the right-eye pixels of the
first color, a right-eye grating region of the second color
corresponding to the right-eye pixels of the second color, and a
right-eye grating region of the third color corresponding to the
right-eye pixels of the third color; along a direction from a
center of a left-eye field-of-view central area of the left display
panel to a non left-eye field-of-view central area of the left
display panel, a grating period of the left-eye grating region of
the first color, a grating period of the left-eye grating region of
the second color, and a grating period of the left-eye grating
region of the third color all decrease gradually, and light emitted
by the display device from a position corresponding to the left-eye
pixels of the first color, light emitted by the display device from
a position corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the second
color, and light emitted by the display device from a position
corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the third color are all
directed to the left eye of the viewer; along a direction from a
center of a right-eye field-of-view central area of the right
display panel to a non right-eye field-of-view central area of the
right display panel, a grating period of the right-eye grating
region of the first color, a grating period of the right-eye
grating region of the second color, and a grating period of the
right-eye grating region of the third color all decrease gradually,
and light emitted by the display device from a position
corresponding to the right-eye pixels of the first color, light
emitted by the display device from a position corresponding to the
right-eye pixels of the second color, and light emitted by the
display device from a position corresponding to the right-eye
pixels of the third color are all directed to the right eye of the
viewer; and the left-eye field-of-view central area does not
overlap with the right-eve field-of-view central area.
Description
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is the U.S. national phase entry of
PCT/CN2017/087264, with an international filing date of Jun. 6,
2017, which claims priority to the Chinese patent application No.
201610476253.5 filed on Jun. 24, 2016, the entirety of which is
incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD
The present disclosure relates to the field of display
technologies, in particular to a display device.
BACKGROUND
A display device is a device for displaying characters, numbers,
symbols, pictures or images formed by at least two selected from a
group comprising characters, numbers, symbols and pictures. The
display device can be a flat surface display device, a
curved-surface display device, a 3D display device, a near eye
display device, or an enhanced reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR)
display device, etc.
With the development of display devices, more and more
sophisticated demands are brought out by people with the
on-the-spot effect of display and the immersion of viewer. In order
to improve the on-the-spot effect of display and the immersion of
viewer, one of the key technologies is to effectively control light
propagation within the display device. For example, with respect to
a display device for near eye display, the display device comprises
a display panel that includes a left display area corresponding to
a left eye of a viewer and a right display area corresponding to a
right eye of the viewer. The left display area includes a left-eye
field-of-view central area and a non left-eye field-of-view central
area, while the right display area includes a right-eye
field-of-view central area and a non right-eye field-of-view
central area. When the viewer is viewing an image displayed by the
display device, a left-eye sight of the viewer concentrates on the
left-eye field-of-view central area, and a right-eye sight of the
viewer concentrates on the right-eye field-of-view central area. By
controlling light propagation within the display device, the image
viewed by the viewer seems to be projected on a virtual screen in
front of or behind the display device, light emitted from points on
the left display area corresponding to each point on the virtual
screen is directed to the left eye of the viewer, and light emitted
from points on the right display area corresponding to each point
on the virtual screen is directed to the right eye of the viewer,
thus realizing virtual display or 3D display of the display device,
which makes the display device to have a good on-the-spot effect
and improves the immersion of the viewer.
At present, microprisms or microlenses are usually provided in the
display device to control light propagation within the display
device, namely, the existing display device usually uses structures
designed on the basis of geometrical optics principles to realize
control to light propagation within the display device. However,
with the development of near eye display devices, structures
designed on the basis of geometrical optics principles can no
longer meet the requirements on the control to light propagation
within the display device, so the on-the-spot effect of the display
device and the immersion of the viewer get worse, and bad viewing
experience is brought to the viewer.
SUMMARY
An object of the present disclosure is to provide an improved
display device.
In order to achieve the above object, one aspect of the present
disclosure provides a display device, comprising: a display panel,
and a grating layer arranged inside or outside of the display
panel. The display panel comprises a left display area
corresponding to a left eye of a viewer and a right display area
corresponding to a right eye of the viewer; the left display area
comprises a plurality of left-eye pixels of a first color, a
plurality of left-eye pixels of a second color, a plurality of
left-eye pixels of a third color, and the right display area
comprises a plurality of right-eye pixels of the first color, a
plurality of right-eye pixels of the second color, and a plurality
of right-eye pixels of the third color.
The grating layer comprises a left grating region corresponding to
the left display area, and a right grating region corresponding to
the right display area. The left grating region comprises a
left-eye grating region of the first color corresponding to the
left-eye pixels of the first color, a left-eye grating region of
the second color corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the second
color, and a left-eye grating region of the third color
corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the third color. The right
grating region comprises a right-eye grating region of the first
color corresponding to the right-eye pixels of the first color, a
right-eye grating region of the second color corresponding to the
right-eye pixels of the second color, and a right-eye grating
region of the third color corresponding to the right-eye pixels of
the third color.
Along a direction from a center of a left-eye field-of-view central
area of the left display area to a non left-eye field-of-view
central area of the left display area, a grating period of the
left-eye grating region of the first color, a grating period of the
left-eye grating region of the second color, and a grating period
of the left-eye grating region of the third color all decrease
gradually, and light emitted by the display device from a position
corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the first color, light
emitted by the display device from a position corresponding to the
left-eye pixels of the second color, and light emitted by the
display device from a position corresponding to the left-eye pixels
of the third color are all directed to the left eye of the
viewer.
Along a direction from a center of a right-eye field-of-view
central area of the right display area to a non right-eye
field-of-view central area of the right display area, a grating
period of the right-eye grating region of the first color, a
grating period of the right-eye grating region of the second color,
and a grating period of the right-eye grating region of the third
color all decrease gradually, and light emitted by the display
device from a position corresponding to the right-eye pixels of the
first color, light emitted by the display device from a position
corresponding to the right-eye pixels of the second color, and
light emitted by the display device from a position corresponding
to the right-eye pixels of the third color are all directed to the
right eye of the viewer.
Another aspect of the present disclosure provides another display
device, which comprises a left display panel, a right display
panel, a left grating layer arranged inside or outside of the left
display panel, and a right grating layer arranged inside or outside
of the right display panel.
The left display panel corresponds to a left eye of a viewer, and
the right display panel corresponds to a right eye of the viewer.
The left display panel comprises a plurality of left-eye pixels of
a first color, a plurality of left-eye pixels of a second color, a
plurality of left-eye pixels of a third color, and the right
display panel comprises a plurality of right-eye pixels of the
first color, a plurality of right-eye pixels of the second color,
and a plurality of right-eye pixels of the third color.
The left grating layer comprises a left-eye grating region of the
first color corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the first
color, a left-eye grating region of the second color corresponding
to the left-eye pixels of the second color, and a left-eye grating
region of the third color corresponding to the left-eye pixels of
the third color. The right grating layer comprises: a right-eye
grating region of the first color corresponding to the right-eye
pixels of the first color, a right-eye grating region of the second
color corresponding to the right-eye pixels of the second color,
and a right-eye grating region of the third color corresponding to
the right-eye pixels of the third color.
Along a direction from a center of a left-eye field-of-view central
area of the left display panel to a non left-eye field-of-view
central area of the left display panel, a grating period of the
left-eye grating region of the first color, a grating period of the
left-eye grating region of the second color, and a grating period
of the left-eye grating region of the third color all decrease
gradually, and light emitted by the display device from a position
corresponding to the left-eye pixels of the first color, light
emitted by the display device from a position corresponding to the
left-eye pixels of the second color, and light emitted by the
display device from a position corresponding to the left-eye pixels
of the third color are all directed to the left eye of the
viewer.
Along a direction from a center of a right-eye field-of-view
central area of the right display panel to a non right-eye
field-of-view central area of the right display panel, a grating
period of the right-eye grating region of the first color, a
grating period of the right-eye grating region of the second color,
and a grating period of the right-eye grating region of the third
color all decrease gradually, and light emitted by the display
device from a position corresponding to the right-eye pixels of the
first color, light emitted by the display device from a position
corresponding to the right-eye pixels of the second color, and
light emitted by the display device from a position corresponding
to the right-eye pixels of the third color are all directed to the
right eye of the viewer.
A grating layer is arranged in the display device provided in the
present disclosure. By setting the grating periods at different
positions of the grating layer, the diffraction effect of light
during propagation in the display device can be controlled, thereby
controlling light propagation within the display device and
realizing control to light emitted by the display device. In other
words, in the present disclosure, a structure designed on the basis
of physical optics principles is used to control light propagation
within the display device. Compared to the structure designed on
the basis of the geometrical optics principles for controlling
propagation of light within the display device in the prior art,
the structure designed on the basis of the physical optics
principles has higher ability in controlling propagation of light
within the display device, so it can better control propagation of
light within the display device, improve the effect of controlling
of light propagation within the display device, and improve the
on-the-spot effect of display of the display device and the
immersion of the viewer. As a result, the viewer can enjoy more
real and comfortable viewing experience.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
The figures described herein provide further understanding of the
present disclosure and form a part of the present disclosure.
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and descriptions
thereof are used for explaining the present disclosure, but they do
not intend to inappropriately define the present disclosure. In the
figures:
FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a display device provided in an
embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a plane view of the display device of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the display device of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a graph of a grating period of a grating layer in the
display device as shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a graph of another grating period of a grating layer in
the display device as shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 shows a positional relationship among a viewer, a display
device and a virtual screen;
FIG. 7 shows another positional relationship among the viewer, the
display device and the virtual screen;
FIG. 8 shows still another positional relationship among the
viewer, the display device and the virtual screen;
FIG. 9 shows a relationship between light-extraction efficiency of
a zero-order diffraction and a thickness of a left grating
bulge;
FIG. 10 shows a relationship between light-extraction efficiency of
a first-order diffraction and a thickness of a left grating
bulge;
FIG. 11 shows a relationship between light-extraction efficiency of
a zero-order diffraction and a grating duty cycle;
FIG. 12 shows a relationship between light-extraction efficiency of
a first-order diffraction and a grating duty cycle;
FIG. 13 is a sectional view of a grating layer;
FIG. 14 is another sectional view of the grating layer;
FIG. 15 is still another sectional view of the grating layer;
FIG. 16 is a sectional view of the grating layer;
FIG. 17 is another sectional view of the grating layer;
FIG. 18 is still another sectional view of the grating layer;
FIG. 19 is another structural diagram of the display device
provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 20 is a plane view of the display device as shown in FIG.
19.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
In order to further describe the display device provided in the
embodiment of the present disclosure, detailed descriptions are
given below with reference to the figures of the description.
In the figures, the following reference signs are used:
10--display device
20--display panel
21--left display area
22--right display area
23--color film layer
30--left display panel
40--right display panel
50--light barrier
60--grating layer
61--left grating region
62--right grating region
63--left grating bulge
64--right grating bulge
65--gap
70--virtual screen.
Referring to FIGS. 1-3, a display device provided in an embodiment
of the present disclosure is configured for virtual display. The
display device 10 comprises a display panel 20 and a grating layer
60 that is arranged inside or outside of the display panel 20. The
display panel 20 comprises a left display area 21 corresponding to
a left eye Z.sub.L of a viewer and a right display area 22
corresponding to a right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer. The left
display area 21 comprises a plurality of left-eye R pixels, a
plurality of left-eye G pixels and a plurality of left-eye B
pixels, and the right display area 22 comprises a plurality of
right-eye R pixels, a plurality of right-eye G pixels and a
plurality of right-eye B pixels. The grating layer 60 comprises a
left grating region 61 corresponding to the left display area 21
and a right grating region 62 corresponding to the right display
area 22. The left grating region 61 comprises a left-eye R grating
region corresponding to the left-eye R pixels, a left-eye G grating
region corresponding to the left-eye G pixels and a left-eye B
grating region corresponding to the left-eye B pixels. The right
grating region 62 comprises a right-eye R grating region
corresponding to the right-eye R pixels, a right-eye G grating
region corresponding to the right-eye G pixels and a right-eye B
grating region corresponding to the right-eye B pixels.
Along a direction pointing from a center a.sub.L of a left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the left display area 21 to a
non left-eye field-of-view central area of the left display area
21, a grating period of the left-eye R grating region, a grating
period of the left-eye G grating region, and a grating period of
the left-eye B grating region all decrease gradually, and light
emitted by the display device 10 from a position corresponding to
the left-eye R pixels, light emitted by the display device 10 from
a position corresponding to the left-eye G pixels, and light
emitted by the display device 10 from a position corresponding to
the left-eye B pixels are all directed to the left eye Z.sub.L of
the viewer.
Along a direction pointing from a center a.sub.R of a right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R of the right display area 22 to
a non right-eye field-of-view central area of the right display
area 22, a grating period of the right-eye R grating region, a
grating period of the right-eye G grating region, and a grating
period of the right-eye B grating region all decrease gradually,
and light emitted by the display device 10 from a position
corresponding to the right-eye R pixels, light emitted by the
display device 10 from a position corresponding to the right-eye G
pixels, and light emitted by the display device 10 from a position
corresponding to the right-eye B pixels are all directed to the
right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer.
It shall be noted that in the above embodiment, the display device
10 can be a flat surface display device or a curved surface display
device. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, detailed
descriptions are given for the example that the display device 10
is a flat surface display device.
For example, referring to FIGS. 1-3, the display device 10 provided
in the embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the display
panel 20 that comprises the left display area 21 corresponding to
the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer and the right display area 22
corresponding to the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer. The left
display area 21 and the right display area 22 each occupy half of
the display panel 20. The left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L and the non left-eye field-of-view central area are in the
left display area 21, and the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R and the non right-eye field-of-view central area are in the
right display area 22. When the viewer is viewing an image
displayed by the display device 10, sight of the left eye Z.sub.L
the viewer concentrates on the left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L, and sight of the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer
concentrates on the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R.
When the viewer is viewing an image displayed by the display device
10, the image viewed by the viewer seems to be projected on a
virtual screen 70 behind or in front of the display device 10,
wherein the viewer, the display device 10 and the virtual screen 70
form an optical system, in which the virtual screen 70 can be at a
focal plane of the optical system. For example, the virtual screen
70 may be at a back focal plane of the optical system, i.e. the
virtual screen 70 is at a focal plane behind the display device 10.
Alternatively, the virtual screen 70 may be at a front focal plane
of the optical system, i.e. the virtual screen 70 is at a focal
plane in front of the display device 10. Suppose that there is a
point Y on the virtual screen 70, and an image at point Y as seen
by the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer is an image displayed at a
point X.sub.L on the display device 10, wherein the left eye
Z.sub.L of the viewer, point Y on the virtual screen 70 and point
X.sub.L on the display device 10 are on the same straight line; an
image at point Y as seen by the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer is
an image displayed at a point X.sub.R on the display device 10,
wherein the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, point Y on the virtual
screen 70 and point X.sub.R on the display device 10 are on the
same straight line. In this case, a distance of X.sub.LY is a
defocusing amount corresponding to the left eye Z.sub.L of the
viewer in the optical system, and a distance of X.sub.RY is a
defocusing amount corresponding to the right eye Z.sub.R of the
viewer in the optical system. Images displayed at respective
positions on the display device 10 can be obtained by calculating
from corresponding defocusing amounts, or images displayed at
respective positions on the display device 10 can be obtained by
recording and storing by a special device.
In practical applications, when the viewer is in an viewing area in
front of the display device 10 and is viewing an image displayed by
the display device 10, the image viewed by the viewer may further
include a depth of field image. The depth of field image can be
image recorded and processed by a special device, or it can be
obtained by calculating according to an image processing algorithm
by a display chip or a Central Processing Unit (CPU) in the display
device 10. Thus the image displayed by the display device 10 may:
include only image that can be projected on a certain virtual
screen 70 in front of the display device 10; include only image
that can be projected on a certain virtual screen 70 behind the
display device 10; include image that can be projected on a certain
virtual screen 70 in front of the display device 10 as well as a
depth of field image of the virtual screen 70; include image that
can be projected on a certain virtual screen 70 behind the display
device 10 as well as a depth of field image of the virtual screen
70; include image that can be projected on a certain virtual screen
70 in front of the display device 10 as well as a depth of field
image of the display device 10; include image that can be projected
on a certain virtual screen 70 behind the display device 10 as well
as a depth of field image of the display device 10; or include
images that can be projected on all virtual screens 70 viewable by
the viewer as well as depth of field images of respective virtual
screens 70.
The display device 10 further includes the grating layer 60
arranged inside or outside of the display panel 20. The grating
layer 60 comprises the left grating region 61 corresponding to the
left display area 21 and the right grating region 62 corresponding
to the right display area 22. The display panel 20 can be a liquid
crystal display panel, an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode)
display panel, a PDP (Plasma Display Panel) display panel, a CRT
(Cathode Ray Tube) display panel, etc. The grating layer 60 can be
arranged inside or outside of the display panel 20. For example,
when the display device 10 is a liquid crystal display device, it
comprises a back light source and the display panel 20 at a light
emergent side of the back light source. The display panel 20
comprises a first substrate and a second substrate arranged
opposite to each other. The grating layer 60 can be arranged
between the first substrate and the second substrate, or the
grating layer 60 can be arranged on a side of the first substrate
facing away from the second substrate, or, the grating layer 60 can
be arranged on a side of the second substrate facing away from the
first substrate, or the grating layer 60 can be arranged on the
light emergent side of the back light source.
A color scheme of the display device 10 is the RGB (Red, Green,
Blue) color scheme. The left display area 21 of the display panel
20 comprises a plurality of left-eye R pixels, a plurality of
left-eye G pixels, a plurality of left-eye B pixels, and the right
display area 22 of the display panel 20 comprises a plurality of
right-eye R pixels, a plurality of right-eye G pixels, and a
plurality of right-eye B pixels. The left grating region 61 of the
grating layer 60 comprises the left-eye R grating region
corresponding to the left-eye R pixels, the left-eye G grating
region corresponding to the left-eye G pixels and the left-eye B
grating region corresponding to the left-eye B pixels, and the
right grating region 62 of the grating layer 60 comprises the
right-eye R grating region corresponding to the right-eye R pixels,
the right-eye G grating region corresponding to the right-eye G
pixels and the right-eye B grating region corresponding to the
right-eye B pixels.
Along the direction pointing from the center a.sub.L of the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L to the non left-eye
field-of-view central area, the grating period of the left-eye R
grating region, the grating period of the left-eye G grating
region, and the grating period of the left-eye B grating region all
decrease gradually, namely, it can be considered that the center of
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L in FIG. 2 is point
a.sub.L, and from the point a.sub.L to an edge of the left display
area 21 in FIG. 2, the grating period of the left-eye R grating
region, the grating period of the left-eye G grating region, and
the grating period of the left-eye B grating region all decrease
gradually. For example, from the point a.sub.L in FIG. 2 to an
upper edge of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2, the grating
period of the left-eye R grating region, the grating period of the
left-eye G grating region, and the grating period of the left-eye B
grating region all decrease gradually; from the point a.sub.L in
FIG. 2 to a lower edge of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2, the
grating period of the left-eye R grating region, the grating period
of the left-eye G grating region, and the grating period of the
left-eye B grating region all decrease gradually; from the point
a.sub.L in FIG. 2 to a left edge of the left display area 21 in
FIG. 2, the grating period of the left-eye R grating region, the
grating period of the left-eye G grating region, and the grating
period of the left-eye B grating region all decrease gradually; and
from the point a.sub.L in FIG. 2 to a right edge of the left
display area 21 in FIG. 2, the grating period of the left-eye R
grating region, the grating period of the left-eye G grating
region, and the grating period of the left-eye B grating region all
decrease gradually.
Light emitted by the display device 10 from a position
corresponding to the left-eye R pixels, light emitted by the
display device 10 from a position corresponding to the left-eye G
pixels, and light emitted by the display device 10 from a position
corresponding to the left-eye B pixels are all directed to the left
eye Z.sub.L of the viewer. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, there
is a point Y on the virtual screen 70, and an image at point Y as
seen by the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer is an image displayed at
a point X.sub.L on the display device 10, wherein the left eye
Z.sub.L of the viewer, point Y on the virtual screen 70 and point
X.sub.L on the display device 10 are on the same straight line.
Light emitted from the point X.sub.L on the display device 10 is
directed to the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer, i.e. light emitted
from the point X.sub.L on the display device 10 is emitted along
the straight line in which the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer, the
point Y on the virtual screen 70 and the point X.sub.L on the
display device 10 are located. When the point X.sub.L on the
display device 10 corresponds to the left-eye R pixels, it emits
red light, and the red light is emitted along the straight line in
which the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer, the point Y on the
virtual screen 70 and the point X.sub.L on the display device 10
are located; when the point X.sub.L on the display device 10
corresponds to the left-eye G pixels, it emits green light, and the
green light is emitted along the straight line in which the left
eye Z.sub.L of the viewer, the point Y on the virtual screen 70 and
the point X.sub.L on the display device 10 are located; when the
point X.sub.L on the display device 10 corresponds to the left-eye
B pixels, it emits blue light, and the blue light is emitted along
the straight line in which the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer, the
point Y on the virtual screen 70 and the point X.sub.L on the
display device 10 are located.
Along a direction pointing from a center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R to the non right-eye
field-of-view central area, a grating period of the right-eye R
grating region, a grating period of the right-eye G grating region,
and a grating period of the right-eye B grating region all decrease
gradually, namely, it can be considered that the center of the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R in FIG. 2 is the point
a.sub.R and from point a.sub.R in FIG. 2 to an edge of the right
display area 22 in FIG. 2, the grating period of the right-eye R
grating region, the grating period of the right-eye G grating
region, and the grating period of the right-eye B grating region
all decrease gradually. For example, from the point a.sub.R in FIG.
2 to an upper edge of the right display area 22 in FIG. 2, the
grating period of the right-eye R grating region, the grating
period of the right-eye G grating region, and the grating period of
the right-eye B grating region all decrease gradually; from the
point a.sub.R in FIG. 2 to a lower edge of the right display area
22 in FIG. 2, the grating period of the right-eye R grating region,
the grating period of the right-eye G grating region, and the
grating period of the right-eye B grating region all decrease
gradually; from the point a.sub.R in FIG. 2 to a left edge of the
right display area 22 in FIG. 2, the grating period of the
right-eye R grating region, the grating period of the right-eye G
grating region, and the grating period of the right-eye B grating
region all decrease gradually; and from the point a.sub.R in FIG. 2
to a right edge of the right display area 22 in FIG. 2, the grating
period of the right-eye R grating region, the grating period of the
right-eye G grating region, and the grating period of the right-eye
B grating region all decrease gradually.
Light emitted by the display device 10 from a position
corresponding to the right-eye R pixels, light emitted by the
display device 10 from a position corresponding to the right-eye G
pixels, and light emitted by the display device 10 from a position
corresponding to the right-eye B pixels are all directed to the
right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer. For example, as shown in FIG. 1,
there is a point Y on the virtual screen 70, and an image at point
Y as seen by the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer is an image
displayed at a point X.sub.R on the display device 10, and the
right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, point Y on the virtual screen 70
and point X.sub.R on the display device 10 are on the same straight
line. Light emitted from the point X.sub.R on the display device 10
is directed to the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, i.e. light
emitted from the point X.sub.R on the display device 10 is emitted
along the straight line in which the right eye Z.sub.R of the
viewer, the point Y on the virtual screen 70 and the point X.sub.R
on the display device 10 are located. When the point X.sub.R on the
display device 10 corresponds to the right-eye R pixels, it emits
red light, and the red light is emitted along the straight line in
which the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, the point Y on the
virtual screen 70 and the point X.sub.R on the display device 10
are located; when the point X.sub.R on the display device 10
corresponds to the right-eye G pixels, it emits green light, and
the green light is emitted along the straight line in which the
right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, the point Y on the virtual screen
70 and the point X.sub.R on the display device 10 are located; when
the point X.sub.R on the display device 10 corresponds to the
right-eye B pixels, it emits blue light, and the blue light is
emitted along the straight line in which the right eye Z.sub.R of
the viewer, the point Y on the virtual screen 70 and the point
X.sub.R on the display device 10 are located.
A grating layer 60 is arranged in the display device 10 provided in
the embodiment of the present disclosure, and incident light
incident on the grating layer 60 is diffracted at the grating layer
60 to obtain a kth-order diffraction (k=0, .+-.1, .+-.2K). A
relationship between a diffraction angle .theta. of the kth-order
diffraction and a grating period P of the grating layer 60 usually
satisfies the formula of:
.times..times..theta..times..times..theta..times..times..lamda..+-..+-..t-
imes. ##EQU00001##
In formula (1), .theta..sub.0 is an incident angle of the incident
light incident on the grating layer 60, .lamda. is a wavelength of
the incident light incident on the grating layer 60.
According to formula (1), when the incident angle .theta..sub.0 of
the incident light incident on the grating layer 60 is fixed, with
respect to a zero-order diffraction, the diffraction angle .theta.
of the zero-order diffraction equals to the incident angle
.theta..sub.0 of the incident light incident on the grating layer
60, so the grating period P of the grating layer does not have any
impact on the diffraction angle of the zero-order diffraction; with
respect to a non-zero-order diffraction, such as first-order
diffraction, second-order diffraction, third-order diffraction,
etc., as the grating period P decreases, the diffraction angle
.theta. of the non-zero-order diffraction increase gradually. Thus
by setting different grating periods P, the diffraction angle
.theta. of the non-zero-order diffraction can be adjusted, so that
light of the non-zero-order diffraction is emitted towards a preset
direction.
For example, referring to FIG. 1, when the viewer is viewing an
image displayed by the display device 10, the image viewed by the
viewer seems to be projected on a virtual screen 70 behind the
display device 10. The image at point Y on the virtual screen 70 as
seen by the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer corresponds to the image
at point X.sub.L on the display device 10. In order to make the
image at point Y on the virtual screen 70 be seen by the left eye
Z.sub.L of the viewer, a light emergent direction at point X.sub.L
on the display device 10 needs to be adjusted, so that light at
point X.sub.L on the display device 10 is emitted along the
straight line in which Z.sub.L, X.sub.L and Y are located. The
grating period P of the grating layer 60 at a position
corresponding to the point X.sub.L can be set, and a diffraction
angle .theta. of a non-zero-order diffraction obtained by the
incident light being diffracted at the position of the grating
layer 60 corresponding to the point X.sub.L can be adjusted, such
that light of the non-zero-order diffraction is emitted along the
straight line in which Z.sub.L, X.sub.L and Y are located, and that
the image at point Y on the virtual screen 70 is seen by the left
eye Z.sub.L of the viewer.
If the point X.sub.L on the display device 10 corresponds to a
left-eye R pixel, then the grating period P of the grating layer 60
corresponding to the left-eye R pixel is set, so that the
non-zero-order diffraction obtained by the incident light being
diffracted at a position of the grating layer 60 corresponding to
the left-eye R pixel is diffracted along the straight line in which
Z.sub.L, X.sub.L and Y are located. If the point X.sub.L on the
display device 10 corresponds to a left-eye G pixel, then the
grating period P of the grating layer 60 corresponding to the
left-eye G pixel is set, so that the non-zero-order diffraction
obtained by the incident light being diffracted at a position of
the grating layer 60 corresponding to the left-eye G pixel is
diffracted along the straight line in which Z.sub.L, X.sub.L and Y
are located. If the point X.sub.L on the display device 10
corresponds to a left-eye B pixel, then the grating period P of the
grating layer 60 corresponding to the left-eye B pixel is set, so
that the non-zero-order diffraction obtained by the incident light
being diffracted at a position of the grating layer 60
corresponding to the left-eye B pixel is diffracted along the
straight line in which Z.sub.L, X.sub.L and Y are located.
The image at point Y on the virtual screen 70 as viewed by the
right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer corresponds to the image at point
X.sub.R on the display device 10. In order to make the image at
point Y on the virtual screen 70 be seen by the right eye Z.sub.R
of the viewer, a light emergent direction at point X.sub.R on the
display device 10 needs to be adjusted, so that light at point
X.sub.R on the display device 10 is emitted along the straight line
in which Z.sub.R, X.sub.R and Y are located. The grating period P
of the grating layer 60 at a position corresponding to the point
X.sub.R can be set, and the diffraction angle .theta. of the
non-zero-order diffraction obtained by the incident light being
diffracted at the position of the grating layer 60 corresponding to
the point X.sub.R can be adjusted, such that light of the
non-zero-order diffraction is emitted along the straight line in
which Z.sub.R, X.sub.R and Y are located, and that the image at
point Y on the virtual screen 70 is seen by the right eye Z.sub.R
of the viewer.
If the point X.sub.R on the display device 10 corresponds to a
right-eye R pixel, then the grating period P of the grating layer
60 corresponding to the right-eye R pixel is set, so that the
non-zero-order diffraction obtained by the incident light being
diffracted at a position of the grating layer 60 corresponding to
the right-eye R pixel is diffracted along the straight line in
which Z.sub.R, X.sub.R and Y are located. If the point X.sub.R on
the display device 10 corresponds to a right-eye G pixel, then the
grating period P of the grating layer 60 corresponding to the
right-eye G pixel is set, so that the non-zero-order diffraction
obtained by the incident light being diffracted at a position of
the grating layer 60 corresponding to the right-eye G pixel is
diffracted along the straight line in which Z.sub.R, X.sub.R and Y
are located. If the point X.sub.R on the display device 10
corresponds to a right-eye B pixel, then the grating period P of
the grating layer 60 corresponding to the right-eye B pixel is set,
so that the non-zero-order diffraction obtained by the incident
light being diffracted at a position of the grating layer 60
corresponding to the right-eye B pixel is diffracted along the
straight line in which Z.sub.R, X.sub.R and Y are located.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the image at point Y on the virtual
screen 70 as seen by the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer is the
image displayed at point X.sub.L on the left display area 21, and
the image at point Y on the virtual screen 70 as seen by the right
eye Z.sub.R of the viewer is the image displayed at point X.sub.R
on the right display area 22, wherein the longer the distance from
point X.sub.L to a.sub.L, the larger the angle with which the light
emitted from point X.sub.L needs to be deflected, and the longer
the distance from point X.sub.R to a.sub.R, the larger the angle
with which the light emitted from point X.sub.R needs to be
deflected. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, along the
direction from the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L to the non left-eye field-of-view central
area, the grating period of the left-eye R grating region, the
grating period of the left-eye G grating region, and the grating
period of the left-eye B grating region all decrease gradually;
along the direction from the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R to the non right-eye
field-of-view central area, the grating period of the right-eye R
grating region, the grating period of the right-eye G grating
region, and the grating period of the right-eye B grating region
all decrease gradually. That is, in the left display area 21, the
farther from the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L, the smaller the grating period of the
left-eye R grating region, the grating period of the left-eye G
grating region, and the grating period of the left-eye B grating
region; in the right display area 22, the farther from the center
a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R, the
smaller the grating period of the right-eye R grating region, the
grating period of the right-eye G grating region, and the grating
period of the right-eye B grating region; accordingly, in the left
display area 21, light emitted from points farther from the center
a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L have
larger deflection angles; and in the right display area 22, light
emitted from points farther from the center a.sub.R of the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R have larger deflection
angles. As a result, light emitted by the display device 10 from a
position corresponding to the left-eye R pixels, light emitted by
the display device 10 from a position corresponding to the left-eye
G pixels, and light emitted by the display device 10 from a
position corresponding to the left-eye B pixels are all directed to
the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer; light emitted by the display
device 10 from a position corresponding to the right-eye R pixels,
light emitted by the display device 10 from a position
corresponding to the right-eye G pixels, and light emitted by the
display device 10 from a position corresponding to the right-eye B
pixels are all directed to the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer.
It can be seen from above that a grating layer 60 is arranged in
the display device 10 provided in the embodiment of the present
disclosure, and by setting the grating periods of the respective
positions of the grating layer 60, the diffraction effect occurred
when light is propagating in the display device 10 can be
controlled, thereby controlling light propagation in the display
device 10 and controlling the light emitted by the display device
10. That is, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, a
structure designed on the basis of the physical optics principle is
used to control light propagation in the display device 10.
Compared to the structure designed on the basis of the geometrical
optics principle for controlling propagation of light in the
display device 10 in the prior art, the structure designed on the
basis of the physical optics principle has higher ability in
controlling propagation of light in the display device 10, so it
can better control propagation of light in the display device 10,
improve the effect of controlling of light propagation in the
display device 10, thus improving the on-the-spot effect of the
display of the display device 10 and the immersion of the viewer.
As a result, viewing experience of the viewer is improved by
bringing more real and comfortable viewing experience to the
viewer.
It shall be noted that the incident light incident on the grating
layer 60 is diffracted at the grating layer 60 to obtain a
kth-order diffraction (k=0, .+-.1, .+-.2K). When adjusting the
light emergent direction at each of the positions on the display
device 10, the grating period in an area of the grating layer
corresponding to the position is usually adjusted so as to adjust a
diffraction angle of a non-zero-order diffraction obtained by the
incident light being diffracted in the area of the grating layer 60
corresponding to the position. For example, usually the grating
period in the area of the grating layer 60 corresponding to the
position is adjusted so as to adjust the diffraction angles of
first-order diffraction, second-order diffraction, third-order
diffraction, and so on. In practical applications, the incident
light incident on the grating layer 60 is diffracted at the grating
layer 60 to obtain a kth-order diffraction (k=0, .+-.1, .+-.2K),
wherein the zero-order diffraction has the highest intensity, and
as |k| increases, the intensity of the kth-order diffraction
decreases gradually, and generally speaking, there is a difference
of one or several orders of magnitude between the intensity of
second-order diffraction and the intensity of first-order
diffraction, i.e. the intensity of the second-order diffraction is
much smaller than that of the first-order diffraction. Therefore,
when adjusting the diffraction angles of the non-zero diffractions
obtained by the incident light being diffracted in the area of the
grating layer 60 corresponding to the position, just the
diffraction angle of the first-order diffraction needs to be
adjusted.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, an example about
adjusting a diffraction angle of a first-order diffraction obtained
by diffraction of the incident light passing through the grating
layer 60 is described, and an example about respectively adjusting
an intensity of a zero-order diffraction and an intensity of a
first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light passing through the grating layer 60 is described.
It shall be noted that the display device 10 provided in the
embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a near eye
display device, for example, it can be applied to a head-mounted
near eye display device (such as helmet display device, glass-type
display device) for realizing 3D display. Curved-surface 3D display
or spherical 3D display can be realized, for example.
In the above embodiment, according to different functions of the
display device 10 and different positions of the viewing area in
front of the display device 10, the grating layer 60 can be set in
different ways. Three arrangements of the grating layer 60 are
described below as examples, but the arrangements of the grating
layer 60 are not limited to these three.
In one arrangement of the grating layer 60, referring to FIGS. 1-4,
along a direction parallel to a line between the center a.sub.L of
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center
a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R, from
the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L to both sides of the left display area 21, the grating
period of the left-eye R grating region, the grating period of the
left-eye G grating region, and the grating period of the left-eye B
grating region all decrease gradually. Along a direction parallel
to a line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R, from the center a.sub.R of the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R to both sides of the
right display area 22, the grating period of the right-eye R
grating region, the grating period of the right-eye G grating
region, and the grating period of the right-eye B grating region
all decrease gradually.
Specifically, still referring to FIG. 2, the direction parallel to
the line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R is a direction parallel to a
line between the left eye Z.sub.L and the right eye Z.sub.R of the
viewer, and it is also the left and right direction in FIG. 2. In
practical applications, it also can be considered that the
direction parallel to the line between the center a.sub.L of the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R
of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R is a lateral
direction of the display device 10.
An example that the display panel 20 has a size of 5.5 inches is
described in detail. The display panel 20 has a width of 14.16 cm
and a height of 7.12 cm. As shown in FIG. 2, the left and right
direction in FIG. 2 is the width direction of the display panel 20,
and the up and down direction in FIG. 2 is the height direction of
the display panel 20, and the left display area 21 and the right
display area 22 each occupy a half of the display panel 20 along
the left and right direction in FIG. 2. When a viewer is viewing an
image displayed by the display device 10, the line between the left
eye Z.sub.L and the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer is parallel to
the width direction of the display panel 20. Thus it can be
considered that the direction parallel to the line between the left
eye Z.sub.L and the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer is the lateral
direction of the display device 10, and direction perpendicular to
the line between both eyes of the viewer is a longitudinal
direction of the display device 10, namely, the left and right
direction in FIG. 2 is the lateral direction of the display device
10, and the up and down direction in FIG. 2 is the longitudinal
direction of the display device 10.
When the viewer is viewing an image displayed by the display device
10, a distance between the viewer and the display device 10 may be
greater than 0 cm and smaller than 20 cm. In order to enable the
viewer to have a good viewing angle, the distance between the
viewer and the display device 10 can optionally be 5 cm.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the distance between the viewer
and the display device 10 is actually the distance between the left
eye Z.sub.L or right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer and the display
device 10.
A vertical line q.sub.L1 is provided through the center a.sub.L of
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L in FIG. 2. Along
the left and right direction in FIG. 2, from the vertical line
q.sub.L1 to the left and right sides of the left display area 21 in
FIG. 2, the grating period of the left-eye R grating region, the
grating period of the left-eye G grating region, and the grating
period of the left-eye B grating region all decrease gradually.
That is, along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, the farther
from the vertical line q.sub.L1, the larger the diffraction angle
of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light when passing through the left-eye R grating region,
the larger the diffraction angle of the first-order diffraction
obtained by diffraction of the incident light when passing through
the left-eye G grating region, and the larger the diffraction angle
of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light when passing through the left-eye B grating region,
which are corresponding to the angles by which the light emitted
from different positions on the display device 10 need to deflect
towards the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer as shown by the curve q1
in FIG. 4 along the left and right direction in FIG. 2.
Along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, a distribution curve
of the grating period of the left-eye R grating region can be
obtained from the curve q1 in FIG. 4 and formula (1). As shown by
the curve q3 in FIG. 4, an area of the left-eye R grating region
corresponding to the vertical line q.sub.L1 has the largest grating
period, and areas of the left-eye R grating region corresponding to
the left and right sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2 have
smaller grating periods. For example, the area of the left-eye R
grating region corresponding to the vertical line q.sub.L1 may have
a grating period greater than or equal to 50 .mu.m, and the areas
of the left-eye R grating region corresponding to the left and
right sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2 may have a
grating period of 1 .mu.m.
Along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, a distribution curve
of the grating period of the left-eye G grating region can be
obtained from the curve q1 in FIG. 4 and formula (1). As shown by
the curve q4 in FIG. 4, an area of the left-eye G grating region
corresponding to the vertical line q.sub.L1 has the largest grating
period, and areas of the left-eye G grating region corresponding to
the left and right sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2 have
smaller grating periods. For example, the area of the left-eye G
grating region corresponding to the vertical line q.sub.L1 may have
a grating period greater than or equal to 50 .mu.m, and the areas
of the left-eye G grating region corresponding to the left and
right sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2 may have a
grating period of 0.8 .mu.m.
Along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, a distribution curve
of the grating period of the left-eye B grating region can be
obtained from the curve q1 in FIG. 4 and formula (1). As shown by
the curve q5 in FIG. 4, an area of the left-eye B grating region
corresponding to the vertical line q.sub.L1 has the largest grating
period, and areas of the left-eye B grating region corresponding to
the left and right sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2 have
smaller grating periods. For example, the area of the left-eye B
grating region corresponding to the vertical line q.sub.L1 may have
a grating period greater than or equal to 50 .mu.m, and the areas
of the left-eye B grating region corresponding to the left and
right sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2 may have a
grating period of 0.6 .mu.m.
A vertical line q.sub.R1 is provided through the center a.sub.R of
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R in FIG. 2. Along
the left and right direction in FIG. 2, from the vertical line
q.sub.R1 to the left and right sides of the right display area 22
in FIG. 2, the grating period of the right-eye R grating region,
the grating period of the right-eye G grating region, and the
grating period of the right-eye B grating region all decrease
gradually. That is, along the left and right direction in FIG. 2,
the farther from the vertical line q.sub.R1, the larger the
diffraction angle of the first-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light when passing through the
right-eye R grating region, the larger the diffraction angle of the
first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light when passing through the right-eye G grating region, and the
larger the diffraction angle of the first-order diffraction
obtained by diffraction of the incident light when passing through
the right-eye B grating region, which are corresponding to the
angles by which the light emitted from different positions on the
display device 10 need to deflect towards the right eye Z.sub.R of
the viewer as shown by the curve q2 in FIG. 4 along the left and
right direction in FIG. 2.
Along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, a distribution curve
of the grating period of the right-eye R grating region can be
obtained from the curve q2 in FIG. 4 and formula (1). As shown by
the curve q6 in FIG. 4, an area of the right-eye R grating region
corresponding to the vertical line q.sub.R1 has the largest grating
period, and areas of the right-eye R grating region corresponding
to the left and right sides of the right display area 22 in FIG. 2
have smaller grating periods. For example, the area of the
right-eye R grating region corresponding to the vertical line
q.sub.R1 may have a grating period greater than or equal to 50
.mu.m, and the areas of the right-eye R grating region
corresponding to the left and right sides of the right display area
22 in FIG. 2 may have a grating period of 1 .mu.m.
Along the left and right direction in FIG. 4, a distribution curve
of the grating period of the right-eye G grating region can be
obtained from the curve q2 in FIG. 4 and formula (1). As shown by
the curve q7 in FIG. 4, an area of the right-eye G grating region
corresponding to the vertical line q.sub.R1 has the largest grating
period, and areas of the right-eye G grating region corresponding
to the left and right sides of the right display area 22 in FIG. 2
have smaller grating periods. For example, the area of the
right-eye G grating region corresponding to the vertical line
q.sub.R1 may have a grating period greater than or equal to 50
.mu.m, and the areas of the right-eye G grating region
corresponding to the left and right sides of the right display area
22 in FIG. 2 may have a grating period of 0.8 .mu.m.
Along the left and right direction in FIG. 4, a distribution curve
of the grating period of the right-eye B grating region can be
obtained from the curve q2 in FIG. 4 and formula (1). As shown by
the curve q8 in FIG. 4, an area of the right-eye B grating region
corresponding to the vertical line q.sub.R1 has the largest grating
period, and areas of the right-eye B grating region corresponding
to the left and right sides of the right display area 22 in FIG. 2
have smaller grating periods. For example, the area of the
right-eye B grating region corresponding to the vertical line
q.sub.R1 may have a grating period greater than or equal to 50
.mu.m, and the areas of the right-eye B grating region
corresponding to the left and right sides of the right display area
22 in FIG. 2 may have a grating period of 0.6 .mu.m.
In such an arrangement of the grating layer 60, by setting the
grating period of the left-eye R grating region, the grating period
of the left-eye G grating region, the grating period of the
left-eye B grating region, grating period of the right-eye R
grating region, the grating period of the right-eye G grating
region, the grating period of the right-eye B grating region,
respectively, the red light obtained through the left-eye R pixels
and the right-eye R pixels, the green light obtained through the
left-eye G pixels and the right-eye G pixels, and the blue light
obtained through the left-eye B pixels and the right-eye B pixels
can be adjusted and controlled, so that the red light, green light
and blue light emitted from respective positions on the display
device 10 travel along preset directions so as to improve the
on-the-spot effect of the display of the display device 10 and the
immersion of the viewer and improve viewing experience of the
viewer to bring more real and comfortable viewing experience to the
viewer.
In such an arrangement of the grating layer 60, along the left and
right direction in FIG. 2, from the center a.sub.L of the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L to both sides of the left
display area 21, the grating period of the left-eye R grating
region, the grating period of the left-eye G grating region, and
the grating period of the left-eye B grating region all decrease
gradually; and from the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R to both sides of the right
display area 22, the grating period of the right-eye R grating
region, the grating period of the right-eye G grating region, and
the grating period of the right-eye B grating region all decrease
gradually. Therefore, such an arrangement of the grating layer 60
can enable adjustment of the light emergent direction of the
display device 10 along the left and right direction in FIG. 2,
thereby improving viewing experience of the viewer along the
lateral direction of the display device 10.
In another arrangement of the grating layer 60, still referring to
FIGS. 1-3 and 5, along a direction perpendicular to a line between
the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.R, from the center a.sub.L of the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L to both sides of the left
display area 21, the grating period of the left-eye R grating
region, the grating period of the left-eye G grating region, and
the grating period of the left-eye B grating region all decrease
gradually. Along a direction perpendicular to a line between the
center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L
and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R, from the center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.R to both sides of the right display area 22,
the grating period of the right-eye R grating region, the grating
period of the right-eye G grating region, and the grating period of
the right-eye B grating region all decrease gradually.
Specifically, still referring to FIG. 2, the direction
perpendicular to the line between the center a.sub.L of the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R
of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R is a direction
perpendicular to a line between the left eye Z.sub.L and the right
eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, and it is also the up and down direction
in FIG. 2. In practical applications, it can be considered that the
direction perpendicular to the line between the center a.sub.L of
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center
a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R is the
longitudinal direction of the display device 10.
An example that the display panel 20 has a size of 5.5 inches is
described in detail. The display panel 20 has a width of 14.16 cm
and a height of 7.12 cm. As shown in FIG. 2, the left and right
direction in FIG. 2 is the width direction of the display panel 20,
and the up and down direction in FIG. 2 is the height direction of
the display panel 20, and the left display area 21 and the right
display area 22 each occupy a half of the display panel 20 along
the left and right direction in FIG. 2. When the viewer is viewing
an image displayed by the display device 10, the line between the
left eye Z.sub.L and the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer is
parallel to the width direction of the display panel 20. Thus it
can be considered that the direction parallel to the line between
the left eye Z.sub.L and the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer is the
lateral direction of the display device 10, and direction
perpendicular to the line between both eyes of the viewer is the
longitudinal direction of the display device 10, namely, the left
and right direction in FIG. 2 is the lateral direction of the
display device 10, and the up and down direction in FIG. 2 is the
longitudinal direction of the display device 10.
When the viewer is viewing an image displayed by the display device
10, a distance between the viewer and the display device 10 may be
greater than 0 cm and smaller than 20 cm. In order to enable the
viewer to have a good viewing angle, the distance between the
viewer and the display device 10 can optionally be 5 cm.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the distance between the viewer
and the display device 10 is actually the distance between the left
eye Z.sub.L or right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer and the display
device 10.
A lateral line q.sub.L2 is provided through the center a.sub.L of
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L in FIG. 2. Along
the up and down direction in FIG. 2, from the lateral line q.sub.L2
to the upper and lower sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2,
the grating period of the left-eye R grating region, the grating
period of the left-eye G grating region, and the grating period of
the left-eye B grating region all decrease gradually. That is,
along the up and down direction in FIG. 2, the farther from the
lateral line q.sub.L2, the larger the diffraction angle of the
first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light when passing through the left-eye R grating region, the
larger the diffraction angle of the first-order diffraction
obtained by diffraction of the incident light when passing through
the left-eye G grating region, and the larger the diffraction angle
of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light when passing through the left-eye B grating region,
which are corresponding to the angles by which the light emitted
from different positions on the display device 10 need to deflect
towards the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer as shown by the curve q9
in FIG. 5 along the up and down direction in FIG. 2.
Along the up and down direction in FIG. 2, a distribution curve of
the grating period of the left-eye R grating region can be obtained
from the curve q9 in FIG. 5 and formula (1). As shown by the curve
q10 in FIG. 5, an area of the left-eye R grating region
corresponding to the lateral line q.sub.L2 has the largest grating
period, and areas of the left-eye R grating region corresponding to
the upper and lower sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2
have smaller grating periods. For example, the area of the left-eye
R grating region corresponding to the lateral line q.sub.L2 may
have a grating period greater than or equal to 50 .mu.m, and the
areas of the left-eye R grating region corresponding to the upper
and lower sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2 may have a
grating period of 1.1 .mu.m.
Along the up and down direction in FIG. 2, a distribution curve of
the grating period of the left-eye G grating region can be obtained
from the curve q9 in FIG. 5 and formula (1). As shown by the curve
q11 in FIG. 5, an area of the left-eye G grating region
corresponding to the lateral line q.sub.L2 has the largest grating
period, and areas of the left-eye G grating region corresponding to
the upper and lower sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2
have smaller grating periods. For example, the area of the left-eye
G grating region corresponding to the lateral line q.sub.L2 may
have a grating period greater than or equal to 50 .mu.m, and the
areas of the left-eye G grating region corresponding to the upper
and lower sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2 may have a
grating period of 0.9 .mu.m.
Along the up and down direction in FIG. 4, a distribution curve of
the grating period of the left-eye B grating region can be obtained
from the curve q9 in FIG. 5 and formula (1). As shown by the curve
q12 in FIG. 5, an area of the left-eye B grating region
corresponding to the lateral line q.sub.L2 has the largest grating
period, and areas of the left-eye B grating region corresponding to
the upper and lower sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2
have smaller grating periods. For example, the area of the left-eye
B grating region corresponding to the lateral line q.sub.L2 may
have a grating period greater than or equal to 50 .mu.m, and the
areas of the left-eye B grating region corresponding to the upper
and lower sides of the left display area 21 in FIG. 2 may have a
grating period of 0.7 .mu.m.
A lateral line q.sub.R2 is provided through the center a.sub.R of
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R in FIG. 2. Along
the up and down direction in FIG. 2, from the lateral line q.sub.R2
to the upper and lower sides of the right display area 22 in FIG.
2, the grating period of the right-eye R grating region, the
grating period of the right-eye G grating region, and the grating
period of the right-eye B grating region all decrease gradually.
That is, along the up and down direction in FIG. 2, the farther
from the lateral line q.sub.R2, the larger the diffraction angle of
the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light when passing through the right-eye R grating region, the
larger the diffraction angle of the first-order diffraction
obtained by diffraction of the incident light when passing through
the right-eye G grating region, and the larger the diffraction
angle of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light when passing through the right-eye B grating
region.
The center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R and the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L are in the same straight line, and the line
between the center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central
area A.sub.R and the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L is parallel to the left and right direction of
FIG. 2, so in the right display area 22, along the up and down
direction of FIG. 2, from the lateral line q.sub.R2 of FIG. 2 to
the upper and lower sides of the right display area 22, the grating
period of the right-eye R grating region and the grating period of
the left-eye R grating region are the same, the grating period of
the right-eye G grating region and the grating period of the
left-eye G grating region are the same, and the grating period of
the right-eye B grating region and the grating period of the
left-eye B grating region are the same. Namely, along the up and
down direction in FIG. 2, from the lateral line q.sub.R2 of FIG. 2
to the upper and lower sides of the right display area 22, values
of the grating periods of the right-eye R grating region at
different positions of the right display area 22 can be
corresponding to the curve q10 in FIG. 5, values of the grating
periods of the right-eye G grating region at different positions of
the right display area 22 can be corresponding to the curve q11 in
FIG. 5, and values of the grating periods of the right-eye B
grating region at different positions of the right display area 22
can be corresponding to the curve q12 in FIG. 5.
In such an arrangement of the grating layer 60, by setting the
grating period of the left-eye R grating region, the grating period
of the left-eye G grating region, the grating period of the
left-eye B grating region, grating period of the right-eye R
grating region, the grating period of the right-eye G grating
region, the grating period of the right-eye B grating region,
respectively, the red light obtained through the left-eye R pixels
and the right-eye R pixels, the green light obtained through the
left-eye G pixels and the right-eye G pixels, and the blue light
obtained through the left-eye B pixels and the right-eye B pixels
can be adjusted and controlled, so that the red light, green light
and blue light emitted from respective positions on the display
device 10 travel along preset directions so as to improve the
on-the-spot effect of the display of the display device 10 and the
immersion of the viewer and improve viewing experience of the
viewer to bring more real and comfortable viewing experience to the
viewer.
In such an arrangement of the grating layer 60, along the up and
down direction in FIG. 2, from the center a.sub.L of the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L to both sides of the left
display area 21, the grating period of the left-eye R grating
region, the grating period of the left-eye G grating region, and
the grating period of the left-eye B grating region all decrease
gradually; and from the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R to both sides of the right
display area 22, the grating period of the right-eye R grating
region, the grating period of the right-eye G grating region, and
the grating period of the right-eye B grating region all decrease
gradually. Therefore, such an arrangement of the grating layer 60
can enable adjustment of the light emergent direction of the
display device 10 along the up and down direction in FIG. 2,
thereby improving viewing experience of the viewer along the up and
down direction in FIG. 2.
The display device 10 provided by the arrangement of the grating
layer 60 as shown in FIG. 4 can improve the viewing experience of
the viewer along the left and right direction of FIG. 2, and the
display device 10 provided by the arrangement of the grating layer
60 as shown in FIG. 5 can improve the viewing experience of the
viewer along the up and down direction of FIG. 2. In practical
applications, the viewing experience of the viewer along the left
and right direction and along the up and down direction of FIG. 2
can be improved simultaneously.
In still another arrangement of the grating layer 60, along the
direction parallel to the line between the center a.sub.L of the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R
of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R, from the
center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L
to both sides of the left display area 21, the grating period of
the left-eye R grating region, the grating period of the left-eye G
grating region, and the grating period of the left-eye B grating
region all decrease gradually; along the direction parallel to the
line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R, from the center a.sub.R of the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R to both sides of the
right display area 22, the grating period of the right-eye R
grating region, the grating period of the right-eye G grating
region, and the grating period of the right-eye B grating region
all decrease gradually; along the direction perpendicular to the
line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R, from the center a.sub.L of the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L to both sides of the
left display area 21, the grating period of the left-eye R grating
region, the grating period of the left-eye G grating region, and
the grating period of the left-eye B grating region all decrease
gradually; along the direction perpendicular to the line between
the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.R, from the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R to both sides of the right
display area 22, the grating period of the right-eye R grating
region, the grating period of the right-eye G grating region, and
the grating period of the right-eye B grating region all decrease
gradually
Specifically, still referring to FIG. 2, the direction of the line
between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central
area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.R is the direction of the line between the left
eye Z.sub.L and the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, and it is also
the left and right direction in FIG. 2. That is, the direction
parallel to the line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R is the direction
parallel to the line between the left eye Z.sub.L and the right eye
Z.sub.R of the viewer, and is also the left and right direction in
FIG. 2; and the direction perpendicular to the line between the
center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L
and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R is the direction perpendicular to the line between the left
eye Z.sub.L and the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, and it is also
the up and down direction in FIG. 2. In practical applications, it
can be also considered that the direction parallel to the line
between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central
area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.R is the lateral direction of the display device
10, and the direction perpendicular to the line between the center
a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the
center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
is the longitudinal direction of the display device 10.
In such an arrangement of the grating layer 60, the grating period
of the grating layer 60 is set along the left and right direction
and the up and down direction in FIG. 2, so in such an arrangement
of the grating layer 60, the light emergent direction of the
display device 10 can be adjusted along both the left and right
direction and the up and down direction in FIG. 2, thereby
improving the viewing experience of the viewer along the left and
right direction and the up and down direction in FIG. 2 and in turn
improving the viewing experience of the viewer along the lateral
direction and the longitudinal direction of the display device 10.
Along the left and right direction of FIG. 2, the grating period of
the left-eye R grating region, the grating period of the left-eye G
grating region, the grating period of the left-eye B grating region
are set in a way similar to that of the grating layer 60 as shown
in FIG. 4, and the grating period of the right-eye R grating
region, the grating period of the right-eye G grating region, the
grating period of the right-eye B grating region are set in a way
similar to that of the grating layer 60 as shown in FIG. 4, which
will not be elaborated any more. Along the up and down direction of
FIG. 2, the grating period of the left-eye R grating region, the
grating period of the left-eye G grating region, the grating period
of the left-eye B grating region are set in a way similar to that
of the grating layer 60 as shown in FIG. 5, and the grating period
of the right-eye R grating region, the grating period of the
right-eye G grating region, the grating period of the right-eye B
grating region are set in a way similar to that of the grating
layer 60 as shown in FIG. 5, which will not be elaborated any
more.
In the above embodiment, the left display area 21 of the display
panel 20 comprises a plurality of left-eye R pixels, a plurality of
left-eye G pixels, a plurality of left-eye B pixels arranged as an
array therein. The plurality of left-eye R pixels, the plurality of
left-eye G pixels, the plurality of left-eye B pixels can be
arranged in various ways, i.e. in the left display area 21, the
left-eye pixels can be arranged in various ways.
In one way of arrangement of the left-eye pixels, the plurality of
left-eye R pixels, the plurality of left-eye G pixels, the
plurality of left-eye B pixels are arranged in the left display
area 21 to form an array of left-eye pixels. Rows of pixels of the
array of left-eye pixels extend along the direction parallel to the
line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R, columns of pixels of the array
of left-eye pixels extend along the direction perpendicular to the
line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R. Each row of pixels of the array
of left-eye pixels includes a plurality of left-eye R pixels, a
plurality of left-eye G pixels and a plurality of left-eye B pixels
that are arranged alternately. Each column of pixels of the array
of left-eye pixels includes one type of the left-eye R pixels, the
left-eye G pixels and the left-eye B pixels.
Specifically, the direction parallel to the line between the center
a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the
center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
is the left and right direction in FIG. 2, and the direction
perpendicular to the line between the center a.sub.L of the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R
of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R is the up and
down direction in FIG. 2, rows of pixels of the array of left-eye
pixels extend along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, and
columns of pixels of the array of left-eye pixels extend along the
up and down direction in FIG. 2. The array of left-eye pixels
include a plurality of rows of pixels and a plurality of columns of
pixels, each row of pixels including a plurality of left-eye R
pixels, a plurality of left-eye G pixels and a plurality of
left-eye B pixels that are arranged alternately, and each column of
pixels including only one type of left-eye R pixels, the left-eye G
pixels and the left-eye B pixels. That is, the array of left-eye
pixels include a plurality of columns of left-eye R pixels, a
plurality of columns of left-eye G pixels and a plurality of
columns of left-eye B pixels that are arranged alternately, the
columns of left-eye R pixels consisting of a plurality of left-eye
R pixels arranged along the up and down direction in FIG. 2, the
columns of left-eye G pixels consisting of a plurality of left-eye
G pixels arranged along the up and down direction in FIG. 2, and
the columns of left-eye B pixels consisting of a plurality of
left-eye B pixels arranged along the up and down direction in FIG.
2.
When the left-eye pixels in the left display area 21 are arranged
in this way of arrangement of the left-eye pixels, and the grating
layer 60 is arranged in the way for the grating layer 60 as shown
in FIG. 4, the left grating region 61 of the grating layer 60
comprises a plurality of left grating bulges 63, which are
bar-shaped grating bulges 63, the left grating bulges 63 extend
along the up and down direction of FIG. 2, and the left grating
bulges 63 are arranged in parallel along the left and right
direction of FIG. 2. In this case, the left grating bulges 63 of
the left-eye R grating region, the left grating bulges 63 of the
left-eye G grating region, the left grating bulges 63 of the
left-eye B grating region are all bar-shaped grating bulges, and
the left grating bulges 63 of the left-eye R grating region, the
left grating bulges 63 of the left-eye G grating region, the left
grating bulges 63 of the left-eye B grating region are all
extending along the up and down direction in FIG. 2, and the left
grating bulges 63 of the left-eye R grating region, the left
grating bulges 63 of the left-eye G grating region, the left
grating bulges 63 of the left-eye B grating region are all arranged
in parallel along the left and right direction in FIG. 2.
In another way of arrangement of the left-eye pixels, the plurality
of left-eye R pixels, the plurality of left-eye G pixels, the
plurality of left-eye B pixels are arranged in the left display
area 21 to form an array of left-eye pixels. Rows of pixels of the
array of left-eye pixels extend along the direction parallel to the
line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R, columns of pixels of the array
of left-eye pixels extend along the direction perpendicular to the
line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R. Each row of pixels of the array
of left-eye pixels includes one type of the left-eye R pixels, the
left-eye G pixels and the left-eye B pixels. Each column of pixels
of the array of left-eye pixels includes a plurality of left-eye R
pixels, a plurality of left-eye G pixels and a plurality of
left-eye B pixels that are arranged alternately.
Specifically, the direction parallel to the line between the center
a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the
center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
is the left and right direction in FIG. 2, and the direction
perpendicular to the line between the center a.sub.L of the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R
of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R is the up and
down direction in FIG. 2, rows of pixels of the array of left-eye
pixels extend along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, and
columns of pixels of the array of left-eye pixels extend along the
up and down direction in FIG. 2. The array of left-eye pixels
include a plurality of rows of pixels and a plurality of columns of
pixels, each row of pixels including only one type of left-eye R
pixels, the left-eye G pixels and the left-eye B pixels, while each
column of pixels including a plurality of left-eye R pixels, a
plurality of left-eye G pixels and a plurality of left-eye B pixels
that are arranged alternately. That is, the array of left-eye
pixels include a plurality of rows of left-eye R pixels, a
plurality of rows of left-eye G pixels and a plurality of rows of
left-eye B pixels that are arranged alternately, the rows of
left-eye R pixels consisting of a plurality of left-eye R pixels
arranged along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, the rows of
left-eye G pixels consisting of a plurality of left-eye G pixels
arranged along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, and the rows
of left-eye B pixels consisting of a plurality of left-eye B pixels
arranged along the left and right direction in FIG. 2.
When the left-eye pixels in the left display area 21 are arranged
in this way of arrangement of the left-eye pixels, and the grating
layer 60 is arranged in the way for the grating layer 60 as shown
in FIG. 5, the left grating region 61 of the grating layer 60
comprises a plurality of left grating bulges 63, which are
bar-shaped grating bulges, the left grating bulges 63 extend along
the left and right direction of FIG. 2, and the left grating bulges
63 are arranged in parallel along the up and down direction of FIG.
2. Then the left grating bulges 63 of the left-eye R grating
region, the left grating bulges 63 of the left-eye G grating
region, the left grating bulges 63 of the left-eye B grating region
are all bar-shaped grating bulges, and the left grating bulges 63
of the left-eye R grating region, the left grating bulges 63 of the
left-eye G grating region, the left grating bulges 63 of the
left-eye B grating region are all extending along the left and
right direction in FIG. 2, and the left grating bulges 63 of the
left-eye R grating region, the left grating bulges 63 of the
left-eye G grating region, the left grating bulges 63 of the
left-eye B grating region are all arranged in parallel along the up
and down direction in FIG. 2.
In yet another way of arrangement of the left-eye pixels, the
plurality of left-eye R pixels, the plurality of left-eye G pixels,
the plurality of left-eye B pixels are arranged in the left display
area 21 to form an array of left-eye pixels. Rows of pixels of the
array of left-eye pixels extend along the direction parallel to the
line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R, columns of pixels of the array
of left-eye pixels extend along the direction perpendicular to the
line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R. Rows of pixels of the array of
left-eye pixels include a plurality of left-eye R pixels, a
plurality of left-eye G pixels and a plurality of left-eye B pixels
that are arranged alternately. Columns of pixels of the array of
left-eye pixels include a plurality of left-eye R pixels, a
plurality of left-eye G pixels and a plurality of left-eye B pixels
that are arranged alternately.
It shall be noted that in the above embodiment, when the left-eye R
pixels, the left-eye G pixels, the left-eye B pixels are arranged
alternately, the arrangement may be in the order of the left-eye R
pixels, the left-eye G pixels, the left-eye B pixels, or the
arrangement may be in the order of the left-eye R pixels, the
left-eye B pixels, the left-eye G pixels, or the arrangement may be
in the order of the left-eye G pixels, the left-eye R pixels, the
left-eye B pixels. In practical applications, other alternating
arrangements may be adopted, which are not limited herein.
The right display area 22 of the display panel 20 comprises a
plurality of right-eye R pixels, a plurality of right-eye G pixels,
a plurality of right-eye B pixels arranged as an array therein. The
plurality of right-eye R pixels, the plurality of right-eye G
pixels, and the plurality of right-eye B pixels can be arranged in
various ways, i.e. in the right display area 22, the right-eye
pixels can be arranged in various ways.
In one way of arrangement of the right-eye pixels, the plurality of
right-eye R pixels, the plurality of right-eye G pixels, and the
plurality of right-eye B pixels are arranged in the right display
area 22 to form an array of right-eye pixels. Rows of pixels of the
array of right-eye pixels extend along the direction parallel to
the line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R, and columns of pixels of the
array of right-eye pixels extend along the direction perpendicular
to the line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R. Each row of pixels of
the array of right-eye pixels includes a plurality of right-eye R
pixels, a plurality of right-eye G pixels and a plurality of
right-eye B pixels that are arranged alternately. Each column of
pixels of the array of right-eye pixels includes one type of the
right-eye R pixels, the right-eye G pixels and the right-eye B
pixels.
Specifically, the direction parallel to the line between the center
a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the
center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
is the left and right direction in FIG. 2, and the direction
perpendicular to the line between the center a.sub.L of the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R
of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R is the up and
down direction in FIG. 2. Rows of pixels of the array of right-eye
pixels extend along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, and
columns of pixels of the array of right-eye pixels extend along the
up and down direction in FIG. 2. The array of right-eye pixels
include a plurality of rows of pixels and a plurality of columns of
pixels, each row of pixels including a plurality of right-eye R
pixels, a plurality of right-eye G pixels and a plurality of
right-eye B pixels that are arranged alternately, and each column
of pixels including only one type of right-eye R pixels, the
right-eye G pixels and the right-eye B pixels. That is, the array
of right-eye pixels includes a plurality of columns of right-eye R
pixels, a plurality of columns of right-eye G pixels and a
plurality of columns of right-eye B pixels that are arranged
alternately, the columns of right-eye R pixels consisting of a
plurality of right-eye R pixels arranged along the up and down
direction in FIG. 2, the columns of right-eye G pixels consisting
of a plurality of right-eye G pixels arranged along the up and down
direction in FIG. 2, and the columns of right-eye B pixels
consisting of a plurality of right-eye B pixels arranged along the
up and down direction in FIG. 2.
When the right-eye pixels in the right display area 22 are arranged
in this way of arrangement of the right-eye pixels, and the grating
layer 60 is arranged in the way for the grating layer 60 as shown
in FIG. 4, the right grating region 62 of the grating layer 60
comprises a plurality of right grating bulges 64, which are
bar-shaped grating bulges, the right grating bulges 64 extend along
the up and down direction of FIG. 2, and the right grating bulges
64 are arranged in parallel along the left and right direction of
FIG. 2. In this case, the right grating bulges 64 of the right-eye
R grating region, the right grating bulges 64 of the right-eye G
grating region, the right grating bulges 64 of the right-eye B
grating region are all bar-shaped grating bulges, and the right
grating bulges 64 of the right-eye R grating region, the right
grating bulges 64 of the right-eye G grating region, the right
grating bulges 64 of the right-eye B grating region are all
extending along the up and down direction in FIG. 2, and the right
grating bulges 64 of the right-eye R grating region, the right
grating bulges 64 of the right-eye G grating region, the right
grating bulges 64 of the right-eye B grating region are all
arranged in parallel along the left and right direction in FIG.
2.
In another way of arrangement of the right-eye pixels, the
plurality of right-eye R pixels, the plurality of right-eye G
pixels, the plurality of right-eye B pixels are arranged in the
right display area 22 to form an array of right-eye pixels. Rows of
pixels of the array of right-eye pixels extend along the direction
parallel to the line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R, and columns of pixels
of the array of right-eye pixels extend along the direction
perpendicular to the line between the center a.sub.L of the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R
of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R. Each Row of
pixels of the array of right-eye pixels includes one type of the
right-eye R pixels, the right-eye G pixels and the right-eye B
pixels. Each column of pixels of the array of right-eye pixels
includes a plurality of right-eye R pixels, a plurality of
right-eye G pixels and a plurality of right-eye B pixels that are
arranged alternately.
Specifically, the direction parallel to the line between the center
a.sub.L of the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the
center a.sub.R of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
is the left and right direction in FIG. 2, and the direction
perpendicular to the line between the center a.sub.L of the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R
of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R is the up and
down direction in FIG. 2. Rows of pixels of the array of right-eye
pixels extend along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, and
columns of pixels of the array of right-eye pixels extend along the
up and down direction in FIG. 2. The array of right-eye pixels
includes a plurality of rows of pixels and a plurality of columns
of pixels, each row of pixels including only one type of right-eye
R pixels, the right-eye G pixels and the right-eye B pixels, while
each column of pixels including a plurality of right-eye R pixels,
a plurality of right-eye G pixels and a plurality of right-eye B
pixels that are arranged alternately. That is, the array of
right-eye pixels include a plurality of rows of right-eye R pixels,
a plurality of rows of right-eye G pixels and a plurality of rows
of right-eye B pixels that are arranged alternately, the rows of
right-eye R pixels consisting of a plurality of right-eye R pixels
arranged along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, the rows of
right-eye G pixels consisting of a plurality of right-eye G pixels
arranged along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, and the rows
of right-eye B pixels consisting of a plurality of right-eye B
pixels arranged along the left and right direction in FIG. 2.
When the right-eye pixels in the right display area 22 are arranged
in this way of arrangement of the right-eye pixels, and the grating
layer 60 is arranged in the way for the grating layer 60 as shown
in FIG. 5, the right grating region 62 of the grating layer 60
comprises a plurality of right grating bulges 64, which are
bar-shaped grating bulges, the right grating bulges 64 extend along
the left and right direction of FIG. 2, and the right grating
bulges 64 are arranged in parallel along the up and down direction
of FIG. 2. In this case, the right grating bulges 64 of the
right-eye R grating region, the right grating bulges 64 of the
right-eye G grating region, the right grating bulges 64 of the
right-eye B grating region are all bar-shaped grating bulges, and
the right grating bulges 64 of the right-eye R grating region, the
right grating bulges 64 of the right-eye G grating region, the
right grating bulges 64 of the right-eye B grating region are all
extending along the left and right direction in FIG. 2, and the
right grating bulges 64 of the right-eye R grating region, the
right grating bulges 64 of the right-eye G grating region, the
right grating bulges 64 of the right-eye B grating region are all
arranged in parallel along the up and down direction in FIG. 2.
In yet another way of arrangement of the right-eye pixels, the
plurality of right-eye R pixels, the plurality of right-eye G
pixels, the plurality of right-eye B pixels are arranged in the
right display area 22 to form an array of right-eye pixels. Rows of
pixels of the array of right-eye pixels extend along the direction
parallel to the line between the center a.sub.L of the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R of the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R, columns of pixels of
the array of right-eye pixels extend along the direction
perpendicular to the line between the center a.sub.L of the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the center a.sub.R
of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R. Rows of pixels
of the array of right-eye pixels include a plurality of right-eye R
pixels, a plurality of right-eye G pixels and a plurality of
right-eye B pixels that are arranged alternately. Columns of pixels
of the array of right-eye pixels include a plurality of right-eye R
pixels, a plurality of right-eye G pixels and a plurality of
right-eye B pixels that are arranged alternately.
It shall be noted that in the above embodiment, when the right-eye
R pixels, the right-eye G pixels, the right-eye B pixels are
arranged alternately, the arrangement may be in the order of the
right-eye R pixels, the right-eye G pixels, the right-eye B pixels,
or the arrangement may be in the order of the right-eye R pixels,
the right-eye B pixels, the right-eye G pixels, or the arrangement
may be in the order of the right-eye G pixels, the right-eye R
pixels, the right-eye B pixels. In practical applications, other
alternating arrangements may be adopted, which are not limited
herein.
In the above embodiment, when the viewer is viewing the image
displayed by the display device 10, the image viewed by the viewer
seems to be projected on the virtual screen 70 behind the display
device 10. The positional relation among the viewer, the display
device 10 and the virtual screen 70 vary.
In one positional relation among the viewer, the display device 10
and the virtual screen 70, referring to FIG. 6, the viewer is
viewing the image displayed on the display device 10, the image is
projected on the virtual screen 70 behind the display device 10,
and the virtual screen 70 is a curved-surface virtual screen. The
virtual screen 70 has a center of a circle, and a midpoint of the
line between the left eye Z.sub.L and right eye Z.sub.R of the
viewer is at the center of circle of the virtual screen 70.
In another positional relation among the viewer, the display device
10 and the virtual screen 70, referring to FIG. 7, the viewer is
viewing the image displayed on the display device 10, the image is
projected on the virtual screen 70 behind the display device 10,
and the virtual screen 70 is a curved-surface virtual screen. The
virtual screen 70 has a center of a circle, and a midpoint of the
line between the left eye Z.sub.L and right eye Z.sub.R of the
viewer is at a side of the center of circle of the virtual screen
70 close to the virtual screen 70.
In yet another positional relation among the viewer, the display
device 10 and the virtual screen 70, referring to FIG. 8, the
viewer is viewing the images displayed on the display device 10,
the image is projected on the virtual screen 70 behind the display
device 10, the virtual screen 40 is a curved-surface virtual screen
and has a center of circle. The display device 10 is at a side of
the center of circle of the virtual screen 70 close to the virtual
screen 70, and the midpoint of the line between the left eye
Z.sub.L and right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer is at a side of the
center of circle of the virtual screen 70 far away from the virtual
screen 70.
It shall be noted that in the positional relation among the viewer,
the display device 10 and the virtual screen 70 as shown in FIG. 6,
when the distance between the viewer and the display device 10 is
constant, with respect to display devices 10 of the same size, the
grating periods of respective positions on the display device 10
may adopt the same preset value if the position of the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the position of the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R are the same. In the
positional relation among the viewer, the display device 10 and the
virtual screen 70 as shown in FIG. 7, when the distance between the
viewer and the display device 10 is constant, with respect to
display devices 10 of the same size, the grating periods of
respective positions on the display device 10 may adopt the same
preset value if the position of the left-eye field-of-view central
area A.sub.L and the position of the right-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.R are the same. In the positional relation among
the viewer, the display device 10 and the virtual screen 70 as
shown in FIG. 8, when the distance between the viewer and the
display device 10 is constant, with respect to display devices 10
of the same size, the grating periods of respective positions on
the display device 10 may adopt the same preset value if the
position of the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the
position of the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R are
the same.
It shall be noted that in practical applications, the arrangement
of the grating layer 60, the ways of arrangement of the left-eye
pixels, the ways of arrangement of the right-eye pixels and the
positional relations among the viewer, the display device 10 and
the virtual screen 70 can be combined freely to meet different
application requirements for the display device 10, and realize
different displays of the display device 10, for example,
curved-surface 3D display, spherical 3D display, etc.
During practical application, light emitted from the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the display device 10 can
usually be directed to the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer. Light
emitted from the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the
display device 10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the
viewer is usually the light of zero-order diffraction after passing
through the grating layer 60. Light emitted from the non left-eye
field-of-view central area of the display device 10 is deflected so
as to be incident into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer. Light
emitted from the non left-eye field-of-view central area of the
display device 10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the
viewer is usually the light of non-zero-order diffraction (e.g.
first-order diffraction) after passing through the grating layer
60. Thus light emitted from the left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L of the display device 10 and falling into the left eye
Z.sub.L of the viewer may have a higher intensity than light
emitted from the non left-eye field-of-view central area of the
display device 10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the
viewer. Light emitted from the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R of the display device 10 can be directed to the right eye
Z.sub.R of the viewer. Light emitted from the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R of the display device 10 and
falling into the left eye Z.sub.R of the viewer is usually the
light of zero-order diffraction after passing through the grating
layer 60. Light emitted from the non right-eye field-of-view
central area of the display device 10 is deflected so as to be
incident into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer. Light emitted
from the non right-eye field-of-view central area of the display
device 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer is
usually the light of non-zero-order diffraction (e.g. first-order
diffraction) after passing through the grating layer 60. Thus light
emitted from the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R of
the display device 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the
viewer may have a higher intensity than light emitted from the non
right-eye field-of-view central area of the display device 10 and
falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer.
In order to further improve the on-the-spot effect of the display
of the display device 10 and the immersion of the viewer, so as to
improve the viewing experience of the viewer to bring more real and
comfortable viewing experience to the viewer, it is necessary to
increase the intensity of the light emitted from the non left-eye
field-of-view central area of the display device 10 and falling
into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer, such that intensities of
light emitted from respective positions on the display device 10
and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer match.
Likewise, it is necessary to increase the intensity of the light
emitted from the non right-eye field-of-view central area of the
display device 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the
viewer, such that intensities of light emitted from respective
positions on the display device 10 and falling into the right eye
Z.sub.R of the viewer match.
The display device 10 in the embodiment of the present disclosure
is provided with the grating layer 60. The incident light incident
on the grating layer 60 will be diffracted and interfered at the
grating layer 60. The kth-order diffraction obtained by diffraction
of the incident light at the grating layer 60 will have
constructive interference or destructive interference, which is
related to the thickness of the grating bulges of the grating layer
60. Thus by setting the thickness of the grating bulges of the
grating layer 60, diffraction of a certain order may have
constructive interference or destructive interference, thereby
adjusting the intensity of the kth-order diffraction, and adjusting
the intensity of light emitted from the respective positions on the
display device 10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the
viewer, such that the amount and intensity of light emitted from
respective positions on the display device 10 and falling into the
left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer match; and adjusting the intensity
of light emitted from the respective positions on the display
device 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer,
such that the amount and intensity of light emitted from respective
positions on the display device 10 and falling into the right eye
Z.sub.R of the viewer match. As a result, the viewing experience of
the viewer can be further improved to bring more real and
comfortable viewing experience to the viewer.
Generally, when the grating period and the grating duty cycle of
the grating layer 60 are fixed, refractive indexes of the grating
bulges of the grating layer 60 are n.sub.G, and a refractive index
of a filler in a gap between two adjacent grating bulges is
n.sub.S, and the incident light incident on the grating layer 60
has a wavelength .lamda.. When a thickness h of a grating bulge of
the grating layer 60 is
.times..times..lamda. ##EQU00002## and when m is a half integer,
the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light at the grating layer 60 has a destructive interference, and
the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light at the grating layer 60 has a constructive interference. When
the thickness h of a grating bulge of the grating layer 60 is
.times..times..lamda. ##EQU00003## and when m is an integer, the
zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light at the grating layer 60 has a constructive interference, and
the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light at the grating layer 60 has a destructive interference.
For example, referring to FIGS. 9 and 10, when the grating period
of the grating layer 60 is 3 .mu.m, and the grating duty cycle of
the grating layer 60 is 0.5, a relationship between the
light-extraction efficiency of the zero-order diffraction obtained
by diffraction, at the grating layer 60, of the incident light on
the grating layer 60 and the thickness of a grating bulge of the
grating layer 60 is as shown in FIG. 9, and a relationship between
the light-extraction efficiency of the first-order diffraction
obtained by diffraction, at the grating layer 60, of the incident
light on the grating layer 60 and the thickness of a grating bulge
of the grating layer 60 is as shown in FIG. 10. As shown by FIGS. 9
and 10, when m is an integer, e.g., when m is 1, the zero-order
diffraction has constructive interference, and the first-order
diffraction has destructive interference; when m is a half integer,
e.g. when m is 1/2, the zero-order diffraction has destructive
interference, and the first-order diffraction has constructive
interference.
In other words, the intensities of light emitted from respective
positions of the display device 10 and falling into the left eye
Z.sub.L of the viewer are related to the thicknesses of the left
grating bulges 63 of the left grating region; and the intensities
of light emitted from respective positions of the display device 10
and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer are related to
the thicknesses of the right grating bulges 64 of the right grating
region 62. According to this conclusion, by setting the thicknesses
of the grating bulges on respective areas of the grating layer 60,
the intensities of the zero-order diffraction and the
non-zero-order diffraction on respective positions of the display
device 10 can be adjusted, thus the intensity of the light emitted
from respective positions on the display device 10 and falling into
the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer as well as the intensity of the
light emitted from respective positions on the display device 10
and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer can be
adjusted. For example, the non-zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the left grating
region 61 corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central
area is made to have a constructive interference, and the
zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the left grating region 61 corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area is made to have a
destructive interference, so that intensities of light emitted from
respective positions on the display device 10 and falling into the
left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer match. Besides, the non-zero-order
diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the
area of the right grating region 62 corresponding to the non
right-eye field-of-view central area is made to have a constructive
interference, and the zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the right grating
region 62 corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
is made to have a destructive interference, so that intensities of
light emitted from respective positions on the display device 10
and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer match.
In the embodiment of the present disclosure, control to both the
zero-order diffraction and the first-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light at the grating layer 60 is
described as an example. For the viewer, the light emitted from the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the display device
10 can be considered as being directed to the left eye Z.sub.L of
the viewer, while the light emitted from the non left-eye
field-of-view central area of the display device 10 needs to be
deflected so as to fall into the sight of the left eye Z.sub.L of
the viewer. Therefore, in the left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L of the display device 10, the zero-order diffraction
obtained by diffraction of the incident light at the left grating
region 61 is mainly controlled, while in the non left-eye
field-of-view central area of the display device 10, the
first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light at the left grating region 61 is mainly controlled. For the
viewer, the light emitted from the right-eye field-of-view central
area A.sub.R of the display device 10 can be considered as being
directed to the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, while the light
emitted from the non right-eye field-of-view central area of the
display device 10 needs to be deflected so as to fall into the
sight of the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer. Therefore, in the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R of the display device
10, the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light at the right grating region 62 is mainly controlled,
while in the non right-eye field-of-view central area of the
display device 10, the first-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light at the right grating region 62 is
mainly controlled.
Specifically, it is generally assumed that the incident light
incident on the grating layer 60 is perpendicular to the grating
layer 60, i.e. the incident light incident on the grating layer 60
is in collimated incidence, and the incident angle .theta..sub.0 of
the incident light incident on the grating layer 60 is 0.degree..
For example, when the display device 10 is a liquid crystal display
device, the display device 10 comprises a display panel 20 and a
back light source which provides area light source to the display
panel 20. When an area light source is incident into the display
panel 20, the incidence is usually perpendicular to the display
panel 20, and when the grating layer 60 is arranged inside or
outside of the display panel 20, the area light source is also
incident perpendicular to the grating layer 60.
The left grating region 61 comprises a plurality of left grating
bulges 63, wherein left grating bulges 63 corresponding to the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L have a thickness
h.sub.AL that satisfies the formula of:
.times..times..lamda. ##EQU00004##
wherein, n.sub.GAL is a refractive index of the left grating bulges
63 corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L, n.sub.SAL is a refractive index of a filler in a gap 65
between two adjacent left grating bulges 63 corresponding to the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L, .lamda. is a
wavelength of incident light incident on the grating layer 60,
m.sub.AL is a first constant, which satisfies:
i.sub.AL-1/2<m.sub.AL<i.sub.AL+1/2, i.sub.AL=1,2,3,4K.
In formula (2), the first constant m.sub.AL satisfies
i.sub.AL-1/2<m.sub.AL<i.sub.AL+1/2, i.sub.AL=1,2,3,4K, i.e.
the first constant m.sub.AL is not a half integer. Then the
first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the left grating region 61 corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L has a destructive
interference, while the zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the left grating
region 61 corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L has no destructive interference. In other words, when the
thickness h.sub.AL of the left grating bulges 63 in the area
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L
satisfies formula (2), the intensity of light emitted from the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the display device
10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer can be
adjusted by adjusting the intensity of light of the zero-order
diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the
left-eye R grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L, adjusting the intensity of
light of the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the left-eye G grating region corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L, and adjusting the
intensity of light of the zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the left-eye B grating region
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L,
thereby improving brightness uniformity of the image viewed by the
viewer, and improving viewing experience of the viewer to bring
more real and comfortable viewing experience to the viewer.
The value of the first constant m.sub.AL can be an integer or a
non-integer. The value of the first constant m.sub.AL can be chosen
according to the actual need. For example, when there is only a
small difference between the intensity of the zero-order
diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the
area of the left grating region 61 corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the intensity of the
first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the left grating region 61 corresponding to
the non left-eye field-of-view central area, the first constant
m.sub.AL can be an integer. The zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the left grating
region 61 corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L has a constructive interference, and the intensity of the
light of the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the area of the left grating region 61
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L
reaches the maximum at this time. Alternatively, the first constant
m.sub.AL can be a non-integer, and the value thereof is close to an
integer. For example, when i.sub.AL=1 and 0.5<m.sub.AL<1, the
value of the first constant m.sub.AL can be 0.85, 0.9 or 0.95,
etc.; when i.sub.AL=1 and 1<m.sub.AL<1.5, the value of the
first constant m.sub.AL can be 1.05, 1.1 or 1.15, etc.
When there is a big difference between the intensity of the
zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the left grating region 61 corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the intensity
of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the area of the left grating region 61
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area, the
value of the first constant m.sub.AL may not be an integer, and the
value of the first constant m.sub.AL is optionally close to a half
integer, i.e. the value of the first constant m.sub.AL satisfies:
i.sub.AL-1/2<m.sub.AL<i.sub.AL, i.sub.AL=1,2,3,4K, or
i.sub.AL<m.sub.AL<i.sub.AL+1/2, i.sub.AL=1,2,3,4K. For
example, when i.sub.AL=1 and 0.5<m.sub.AL<1, the value of the
first constant m.sub.AL can be 0.55, 0.58 or 0.6, etc.; when
i.sub.AL=1 and 1<m.sub.AL<1.5, the value of the first
constant m.sub.AL can be 1.4, 1.43 or 1.46, etc.
By setting the value of the first constant m.sub.AL, the zero-order
diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the
area of the left grating region 61 corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L will not have complete
constructive interference, so that the intensity of light emitted
from the non left-eye field-of-view central area of the display
device 10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer
matches the intensity of light emitted from the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the display device 10 and
falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer.
The left grating bulges 63 corresponding to the non left-eye
field-of-view central area have a thickness h.sub.BL that satisfies
the formula of:
.times..times..lamda. ##EQU00005##
wherein, n.sub.GBL is a refractive index of the left grating bulges
63 corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area,
n.sub.SBL is a refractive index of a filler in a gap 65 between two
adjacent left grating bulges 63 corresponding to the non left-eye
field-of-view central area, .lamda. is a wavelength of incident
light incident on the grating layer 60, m.sub.BL is a second
constant, which satisfies: m.sub.BL=i.sub.BL+1/2,
i.sub.BL=0,1,2,3,4K.
When the thickness h.sub.BL of the left grating bulges 31 in the
area corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area
satisfies formula (3), the first-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the left grating
region 61 corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central
area has a constructive interference, which increases the intensity
of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the left-eye R grating region corresponding to
the non left-eye field-of-view central area, increases the
intensity of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of
the incident light in the left-eye G grating region corresponding
to the non left-eye field-of-view central area, and increases the
intensity of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of
the incident light in the left-eye B grating region corresponding
to the non left-eye field-of-view central area, thereby increasing
the intensity of the first-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the left grating
region 61 corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central
area, such that intensities of light emitted from respective
positions on the display device 10 and falling into the left eye
Z.sub.L of the viewer match, and brightness difference of the image
viewed by the viewer is reduced, as a result, brightness uniformity
of the image viewed by the viewer is improved and the viewing
experience of the viewer is further improved to bring more real and
comfortable viewing experience to the viewer.
The right grating region 62 includes a plurality of right grating
bulges 64, and the right grating bulges 64 corresponding to the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R have a thickness
h.sub.AR that satisfies the formula of:
.times..times..lamda. ##EQU00006##
wherein, n.sub.GAR is a refractive index of the right grating
bulges 64 corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R, n.sub.SAR is a refractive index of a filler in a gap 65
between two adjacent right grating bulges 64 corresponding to the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R, .lamda. is a
wavelength of incident light incident on the grating layer 60,
m.sub.AR is a third constant, which satisfies:
i.sub.AR-1/2<m.sub.AR<i.sub.AR+1/2, i.sub.AR=1,2,3,4K.
In formula (4), the third constant m.sub.AR satisfies
i.sub.AR-1/2<m.sub.AR<i.sub.AR+1/2, i.sub.AR=1,2,3,4K, i.e.
the first constant m.sub.AR is not a half integer. Then the
first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the right grating region 62 corresponding to
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R has a destructive
interference, while the zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the right grating
region 62 corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R does not have a destructive interference. In other words,
when the thickness h.sub.AR of the right grating bulges 64 in the
area corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R satisfies formula (4), the intensity of light emitted from
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R of the display
device 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer can
be adjusted by adjusting the intensity of light of the zero-order
diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the
right-eye R grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R, adjusting the intensity of
light of the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the right-eye G grating region corresponding to
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R, and adjusting the
intensity of light of the zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the right-eye B grating region
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R,
thereby improving brightness uniformity of the image viewed by the
viewer, and improving viewing experience of the viewer to bring
more real and comfortable viewing experience to the viewer.
The value of the third constant m.sub.AR can be an integer or a
non-integer. The value of the third constant m.sub.AR can be chosen
according to the actual need. For example, when there is only a
small difference between the intensity of the zero-order
diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the
area of the right grating region 62 corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R and the intensity of the
first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the right grating region 62 corresponding to
the non right-eye field-of-view central area, the third constant
m.sub.AR can be an integer. The zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the right grating
region 62 corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R has a constructive interference, and the intensity of the
light of the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the area of the right grating region 62
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
reaches the maximum at this time. Alternatively, the third constant
m.sub.AR can be a non-integer, and the value thereof is close to an
integer. For example, when i.sub.AR=1 and 0.5<M.sub.AR<1, the
value of the third constant m.sub.AR can be 0.85, 0.9 or 0.95,
etc.; when i.sub.AR=1 and 1<m<1.5, the value of the third
constant m.sub.AR can be 1.05, 1.1 or 1.15, etc.
When there is a big difference between the intensity of the
zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the right grating region 62 corresponding to
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R and the intensity
of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the area of the right grating region 62
corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central area, the
value of the third constant m.sub.AR may not be an integer, and the
value of the third constant m.sub.AR is optionally close to a half
integer, i.e. the value of the third constant m.sub.AR satisfies:
i.sub.AR-1/2<m.sub.AR<i.sub.AR, i.sub.AR=1,2,3,4K, or
i.sub.AR<m.sub.AR<i.sub.AR+1/2, i.sub.AR=1,2,3,4K. For
example, when i.sub.AR=1 and 0.5<m.sub.AR<1, the value of the
third constant m.sub.AR can be 0.55, 0.58 or 0.6, etc.; when
i.sub.AR=1 and 1<m<1.5, the value of the third constant
m.sub.AR can be 1.4, 1.43 or 1.46, etc.
By setting the value of the third constant m.sub.AR, the zero-order
diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the
area of the right grating region 62 corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R will not have complete
constructive interference, so that the intensity of light emitted
from the non right-eye field-of-view central area of the display
device 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer
matches the intensity of light emitted from the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R of the display device 10 and
falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer.
The right grating bulges 64 corresponding to the non right-eye
field-of-view central area have a thickness h.sub.BR that satisfies
the formula of:
.times..times..lamda. ##EQU00007##
wherein, n.sub.GBR is a refractive index of the right grating
bulges 64 corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central
area, n.sub.SBR is a refractive index of a filler in a gap 65
between two adjacent right grating bulges 64 corresponding to the
non right-eye field-of-view central area, .lamda. is a wavelength
of incident light incident on the grating layer 60, m.sub.BR is a
fourth constant, which satisfies: m.sub.BR=i.sub.BR+1/2,
i.sub.BR=0,1,2,3,4K.
When the thickness h.sub.BR of the right grating bulges 64 in the
area corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central area
satisfies formula (5), the first-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the right grating
region 62 corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central
area has a constructive interference, which increases the intensity
of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the right-eye R grating region corresponding to
the non right-eye field-of-view central area, increases the
intensity of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of
the incident light in the right-eye G grating region corresponding
to the non right-eye field-of-view central area, and increases the
intensity of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of
the incident light in the right-eye B grating region corresponding
to the non right-eye field-of-view central area, thereby increasing
the intensity of the first-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the right grating
region 62 corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central
area, such that intensities of light emitted from respective
positions on the display device 10 and falling into the right eye
Z.sub.R of the viewer match, and brightness difference of the image
viewed by the viewer is reduced, as a result, brightness uniformity
of the image viewed by the viewer is improved and the viewing
experience of the viewer is further improved to bring more real and
comfortable viewing experience to the viewer.
In the above embodiment, the left grating region 61 of the grating
layer 60 comprises the left-eye R grating region corresponding to
the left-eye R pixels, the left-eye G grating region corresponding
to the left-eye G pixels, and the left-eye B grating region
corresponding to the left-eye B pixels. The right grating region 62
of the grating layer 60 comprises the right-eye R grating region
corresponding to the right-eye R pixels, the right-eye G grating
region corresponding to the right-eye G pixels, and the right-eye B
grating region corresponding to the right-eye B pixels.
When the thickness of the left grating bulges 63 in the area of the
left-eye R grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L is set, the thickness of the
left grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye R grating region
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area is
set, the thickness of the right grating bulges 64 in the area of
the right-eye R grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R is set, and the thickness of the
right grating bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye R grating
region corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central
area is set, the wavelength .lamda. of the incident light incident
on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of red light, which is
630 nm.
When the thickness of the left grating bulges 63 in the area of the
left-eye G grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L is set, the thickness of the
left grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye G grating region
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area is
set, the thickness of the right grating bulges 64 in the area of
the right-eye G grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R is set, and the thickness of the
right grating bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye G grating
region corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central
area is set, the wavelength .lamda. of the incident light incident
on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of green light, which is
550 nm.
When the thickness of the left grating bulges 63 in the area of the
left-eye B grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L is set, the thickness of the
left grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye B grating region
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area is
set, the thickness of the right grating bulges 64 in the area of
the right-eye B grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R is set, and the thickness of the
right grating bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye B grating
region corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central
area is set, the wavelength .lamda. of the incident light incident
on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of blue light, which is
430 nm.
In the above embodiment, there is a difference between n.sub.GAL
and n.sub.SAL, and the values of n.sub.GAL and n.sub.SAL can be set
according to the actual application. For example, the relationship
between n.sub.GAL and n.sub.SAL can be n.sub.GAL<n.sub.SAL or
n.sub.GAL>n.sub.SAL. In the embodiment of the present
disclosure, the relationship between n.sub.GAL and n.sub.SAL is
n.sub.GAL>n.sub.SAL, for example, n.sub.GAL=1.5, n.sub.SAL=1.
That is, the material forming the grating bulges 63 in the area
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L
has a refractive index of 1.5, and the filler filled in the gap 65
between two adjacent left grating bulges 63 in the area
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L
has a refractive index of 1. When the grating layer 60 is external
to the display panel 20, the filler between two adjacent left
grating bulges 63 in the area corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L can be air.
In the above embodiment, there is a difference between n.sub.GBL
and n.sub.SBL, and the values of n.sub.GBL and n.sub.SBL can be set
according to the actual application. For example, the relationship
between n.sub.GBL and n.sub.SBL can be n.sub.GBL<n.sub.SBL or
n.sub.GBL>n.sub.SBL. In the embodiment of the present
disclosure, the relationship between n.sub.GBL and n.sub.SBL is
n.sub.GBL>n.sub.SBL, for example, n.sub.GBL=1.5, n.sub.SBL=1.
That is, the material forming the left grating bulges 63 in the
area corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area
has a refractive index of 1.5, and the filler filled in the gap 65
between two adjacent left grating bulges 63 in the area
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area has a
refractive index of 1. When the grating layer 60 is external to the
display panel 20, the filler between two adjacent left grating
bulges 63 in the area corresponding to the non left-eye
field-of-view central area can be air.
In the above embodiment, there is a difference between n.sub.GAR
and n.sub.SAR, and the values of n.sub.GAR and n.sub.SAR can be set
according to the actual application. For example, the relationship
between n.sub.GAR and n.sub.SAR can be n.sub.GAR<n.sub.SAR or
n.sub.GAR>n.sub.SAR. In the embodiment of the present
disclosure, the relationship between n.sub.GAR and n.sub.SAR is
n.sub.GAR>n.sub.SAR, for example, n.sub.GAR=1.5, n.sub.SAR=1.
That is, the material forming the right grating bulges 64 in the
area corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R has a refractive index of 1.5, and the filler filled in the
gap 65 between two adjacent right grating bulges 64 in the area
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
has a refractive index of 1. When the grating layer 60 is external
to the display panel 20, the filler between two adjacent right
grating bulges 64 in the area corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R can be air.
In the above embodiment, there is a difference between n.sub.GBR
and n.sub.SBR, and the values of n.sub.GBR and n.sub.SBR can be set
according to the actual application. For example, the relationship
between n.sub.GBR and n.sub.SBR can be n.sub.GBR<n.sub.SBR or
n.sub.GBR>n.sub.SBR. In the embodiment of the present
disclosure, the relationship between n.sub.GBR and n.sub.SBR is
n.sub.GBR>n.sub.SBR, for example, n.sub.GBR=1.5, n.sub.SBR=1.
That is, the material forming the right grating bulges 64 in the
area corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central area
has a refractive index of 1.5, and the filler filled in the gap 65
between two adjacent right grating bulges 64 in the area
corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central area has a
refractive index of 1. When the grating layer 60 is external to the
display panel 20, the filler between two adjacent right grating
bulges 64 in the area corresponding to the non right-eye
field-of-view central area can be air.
In formula (2), when the values of n.sub.GAL, n.sub.SAL and .lamda.
are determined, the larger the value of the first constant
m.sub.AL, the larger the thickness h.sub.AL of the left grating
bulges 63 in the area corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L. When making thick left grating bulges 63,
more processes and time are needed, so the display device 10 has a
high manufacturing cost and cannot be designed thin. Thus in order
to reduce the manufacturing cost of the display device 10 and to
facilitate a thin design thereof, in an embodiment of the present
disclosure, the first constant m.sub.AL satisfies
0.5<m.sub.AL<1.5, and optionally satisfies
0.5<m.sub.AL.ltoreq.1 so as to reduce the thickness h.sub.AL of
the left grating bulges 63 in the area corresponding to the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L, thereby reducing the
manufacturing cost of the display device 10 and facilitating a thin
design of the display device 10.
In formula (3), when the values of n.sub.GBL, n.sub.SBL and .lamda.
are determined, the larger the value of the second constant
m.sub.BL, the larger the thickness h.sub.BL of the left grating
bulges 63 in the area corresponding to the non left-eye
field-of-view central area. When making thick left grating bulges
63, more processes and time are needed, so the display device 10
has a high manufacturing cost and cannot be designed thin. Thus in
order to reduce the manufacturing cost of the display device 10 and
to facilitate a thin design thereof, in an embodiment of the
present disclosure, the second constant m.sub.BL satisfies
m.sub.BL=0.5, so as to reduce the thickness h.sub.BL of the left
grating bulges 63 in the area corresponding to the non left-eye
field-of-view central area, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost
of the display device 10 and facilitating a thin design of the
display device 10.
In formula (4), when the values of n.sub.GAR, n.sub.SAR and .lamda.
are determined, the larger the value of the third constant
m.sub.AR, the larger the thickness h.sub.AR of the right grating
bulges 64 in the area corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.R. When making thick right grating bulges 64,
more processes and time are needed, so the display device 10 has a
high manufacturing cost and cannot be designed thin. Thus in order
to reduce the manufacturing cost of the display device 10 and to
facilitate a thin design thereof, in an embodiment of the present
disclosure, the third constant m.sub.AR satisfies
0.5<m.sub.AR<1.5, and optionally satisfies
0.5<m.sub.AR.ltoreq.1 so as to reduce the thickness h.sub.AR of
the right grating bulges 64 in the area corresponding to the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R, thereby reducing the
manufacturing cost of the display device 10 and facilitating a thin
design of the display device 10.
In formula (5), when the values of n.sub.GBR, n.sub.SBR and .lamda.
are determined, the larger the value of the fourth constant
m.sub.BR, the larger the thickness h.sub.BR of the right grating
bulges 64 in the area corresponding to the non right-eye
field-of-view central area. When making thick right grating bulges
64, more processes and time are needed, so the display device 10
has a high manufacturing cost and cannot be designed thin. Thus in
order to reduce the manufacturing cost of the display device 10 and
to facilitate a thin design thereof, in an embodiment of the
present disclosure, the fourth constant m.sub.BR satisfies
m.sub.BR=0.5, so as to reduce the thickness h.sub.BR of the right
grating bulges 64 in the area corresponding to the non right-eye
field-of-view central area, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost
of the display device 10 and facilitating a thin design of the
display device 10.
When setting the thickness of the left grating bulges 63 in the
area of the left-eye R grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L, the wavelength .lamda. of the
light incident on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of red
light, which is 630 nm. According to formula (2), when the first
constant m.sub.AL satisfies 0.5<m.sub.AL<1.5, the thickness
h.sub.ALR of the left grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye
R grating region corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L satisfies 315 nm<h.sub.ALR<945 nm. In
practical application, when a difference between the intensity of
the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the left-eye R grating region corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the intensity
of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the area of the left-eye R grating region
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area is
small, the thickness h.sub.ALR of the left grating bulges 63 in the
area of the left-eye R grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L can be 630 nm. Alternatively,
the thickness h.sub.ALR of the left grating bulges 63 in the area
of the left-eye R grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L can have a value close to 630
nm, for example, the thickness h.sub.ALR of the left grating bulges
63 in the area of the left-eye R grating region corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L can be 550 nm, 580
nm, 600 nm, 650 nm or 680 nm, etc. When a difference between the
intensity of the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of
the incident light in the area of the left-eye R grating region
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L
and the intensity of the first-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the left-eye R
grating region corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view
central area is big, optionally, the thickness h.sub.ALR of the
left grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye R grating region
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L is
close to 315 nm. For example, the thickness h.sub.ALR of the left
grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye R grating region
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L
can be 330 nm, 370 nm or 400 nm, etc. Alternatively, the thickness
h.sub.ALR of the left grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye
R grating region corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L can be close to 945 nm, for example, the
thickness h.sub.ALR of the left grating bulges 63 in the area of
the left-eye R grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L can be 850 nm, 900 nm or 930 nm,
etc.
When setting the thickness of the left grating bulges 63 in the
area of the left-eye G grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L, the wavelength .lamda. of the
light incident on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of green
light, which is 550 nm. According to formula (2), when the first
constant m.sub.AL satisfies 0.5<m.sub.AL<1.5, the thickness
h.sub.ALG of the left grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye
G grating region corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L satisfies 275 nm<h.sub.ALG<825 nm. In
practical application, when a difference between the intensity of
the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the left-eye G grating region corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the intensity
of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the area of the left-eye G grating region
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area is
small, the thickness h.sub.ALG of the left grating bulges 63 in the
area of the left-eye G grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L can be 550 nm. Alternatively,
the thickness h.sub.ALG of the left grating bulges 63 in the area
of the left-eye G grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L can have a value close to 550
nm, for example, the thickness h.sub.ALG of the left grating bulges
63 in the area of the left-eye G grating region corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L can be 500 nm, 530
nm, 580 nm or 600 nm, etc.
When setting the thickness of the left grating bulges 63 in the
area of the left-eye B grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L, the wavelength .lamda. of the
light incident on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of blue
light, which is 430 nm. According to formula (2), when the first
constant m.sub.AL satisfies 0.5<m.sub.AL<1.5, the thickness
h.sub.ALB of the left grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye
B grating region corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L satisfies 215 nm<h.sub.ALB<645 nm. In
practical application, when a difference between the intensity of
the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the left-eye B grating region corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the intensity
of the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the area of the left-eye B grating region
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area is
small, the thickness h.sub.ALB of the left grating bulges 63 in the
area of the left-eye B grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L can be 430 nm. Alternatively,
the thickness h.sub.ALB of the left grating bulges 63 in the area
of the left-eye B grating region corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L can have a value close to 430
nm, for example, the thickness h.sub.ALB of the left grating bulges
63 in the area of the left-eye B grating region corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L can be 350 nm, 380
nm, 480 nm or 500 nm, etc. When a difference between the intensity
of the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the area of the left-eye B grating region
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L
and the intensity of the first-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the left-eye B
grating region corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view
central area is big, optionally, the thickness h.sub.ALB of the
left grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye B grating region
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L is
close to 215 nm. For example, the thickness h.sub.ALB of the left
grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye B grating region
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L
can be 250 nm, 280 nm or 300 nm, etc. Alternatively, the thickness
h.sub.ALB of the left grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye
B grating region corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L is close to 645 nm, for example, the thickness
h.sub.ALB of the left grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye
B grating region corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L can be 620 nm, 600 nm or 550 nm, etc.
When setting the thickness of the left grating bulges 63 in the
area of the left-eye R grating region corresponding to the non
left-eye field-of-view central area, the wavelength .lamda. of the
light incident on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of red
light, which is 630 nm. According to formula (3), when the second
constant m.sub.BL is 0.5, the thickness h.sub.BLR of the left
grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye R grating region
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area is 630
nm. When setting the thickness of the left grating bulges 63 in the
area of the left-eye G grating region corresponding to the non
left-eye field-of-view central area, the wavelength .lamda. of the
light incident on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of green
light, which is 550 nm. According to formula (3), when the second
constant m.sub.BL is 0.5, the thickness h.sub.BLG of the left
grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye G grating region
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area is 630
nm. When setting the thickness of the left grating bulges 63 in the
area of the left-eye B grating region corresponding to the non
left-eye field-of-view central area, the wavelength .lamda. of the
light incident on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of blue
light, which is 430 nm. According to formula (3), when the second
constant m.sub.BL is 0.5, the thickness h.sub.BLB of the left
grating bulges 63 in the area of the left-eye B grating region
corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central area is 430
nm.
When setting the thickness of the right grating bulges 64 in the
area of the right-eye R grating region corresponding to the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R, the wavelength
.lamda. of the light incident on the grating layer 60 is the
wavelength of red light, which is 630 nm. According to formula (4),
when the third constant m.sub.AR satisfies 0.5<m.sub.AR<1.5,
the thickness h.sub.ARR of the right grating bulges 64 in the area
of the right-eye R grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R satisfies 315
nm<h.sub.ARR<945 nm. In practical application, when a
difference between the intensity of the zero-order diffraction
obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the area of the
right-eye R grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R and the intensity of the
first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the right-eye R grating region corresponding
to the non right-eye field-of-view central area is small, the
thickness h.sub.ARR of the right grating bulges 64 in the area of
the right-eye R grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R can be 630 nm. Alternatively,
the thickness h.sub.ARR of the right grating bulges 64 in the area
of the right-eye R grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R can have a value close to 630
nm, for example, the thickness h.sub.ARR of the right grating
bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye R grating region
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
can be 550 nm, 580 nm, 600 nm, 650 nm or 680 nm, etc. When a
difference between the intensity of the zero-order diffraction
obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the area of the
right-eye R grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R and the intensity of the
first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the right-eye R grating region corresponding
to the non right-eye field-of-view central area is big, optionally,
the thickness h.sub.ARR of the right grating bulges 64 in the area
of the right-eye R grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R is close to 315 nm. For example,
the thickness h.sub.ARR of the right grating bulges 64 in the area
of the right-eye R grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R can be 330 nm, 370 nm or 400 nm,
etc. Alternatively, the thickness h.sub.ARR of the right grating
bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye R grating region
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
can be close to 945 nm, for example, the thickness h.sub.ARR of the
right grating bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye G grating
region corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R can be 850 nm, 900 nm or 930 nm, etc.
When setting the thickness of the right grating bulges 64 in the
area of the right-eye G grating region corresponding to the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R, the wavelength
.lamda. of the light incident on the grating layer 60 is the
wavelength of green light, which is 550 nm. According to formula
(4), when the third constant m.sub.AR satisfies
0.5<m.sub.AR<1.5, the thickness h.sub.ARG of the right
grating bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye G grating region
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
satisfies 275 nm<h.sub.ARG<825 nm. In practical application,
when a difference between the intensity of the zero-order
diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the
area of the right-eye G grating region corresponding to the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R and the intensity of
the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the right-eye G grating region corresponding
to the non right-eye field-of-view central area is small, the
thickness h.sub.ARG of the right grating bulges 64 in the area of
the right-eye G grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R can be 550 nm. Alternatively,
the thickness h.sub.ARG of the right grating bulges 64 in the area
of the right-eye G grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R can have a value close to 550
nm, for example, the thickness h.sub.ARG of the right grating
bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye G grating region
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
can be 500 nm, 530 nm, 580 nm or 600 nm, etc. When a difference
between the intensity of the zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the right-eye G
grating region corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central
area A.sub.R and the intensity of the first-order diffraction
obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the area of the
right-eye G grating region corresponding to the non right-eye
field-of-view central area is big, optionally, the thickness
h.sub.ARG of the right grating bulges 64 in the area of the
right-eye G grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R is close to 275 nm. For example,
the thickness h.sub.ARG of the right grating bulges 64 in the area
of the right-eye B grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R can be 300 nm, 320 nm or 350 nm,
etc. Alternatively, the thickness h.sub.ARG of the right grating
bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye G grating region
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
is close to 825 nm, for example, the thickness h.sub.ARG of the
right grating bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye G grating
region corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R can be 800 nm, 760 nm or 730 nm, etc.
When setting the thickness of the right grating bulges 64 in the
area of the right-eye B grating region corresponding to the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R, the wavelength
.lamda. of the light incident on the grating layer 60 is the
wavelength of blue light, which is 430 nm. According to formula
(4), when the third constant m.sub.AR satisfies
0.5<m.sub.AR<1.5, the thickness h.sub.ARB of the right
grating bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye B grating region
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
satisfies 215 nm<h.sub.ARB<645 nm. In practical application,
when a difference between the intensity of the zero-order
diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the
area of the right-eye B grating region corresponding to the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R and the intensity of
the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the right-eye B grating region corresponding
to the non right-eye field-of-view central area is small, the
thickness h.sub.ARB of the right grating bulges 64 in the area of
the right-eye B grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R can be 430 nm. Alternatively,
the thickness h.sub.ARB of the right grating bulges 64 in the area
of the right-eye B grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R can have a value close to 430
nm, for example, the thickness h.sub.ARB of the right grating
bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye B grating region
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
can be 350 nm, 380 nm, 480 nm or 500 nm, etc. When a difference
between the intensity of the zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the right-eye B
grating region corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central
area A.sub.R and the intensity of the first-order diffraction
obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the area of the
right-eye B grating region corresponding to the non right-eye
field-of-view central area is big, optionally, the thickness
h.sub.ARB of the right grating bulges 64 in the area of the
right-eye B grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R is close to 215 nm. For example,
the thickness h.sub.ARB of the right grating bulges 64 in the area
of the right-eye B grating region corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R can be 250 nm, 280 nm or 300 nm,
etc. Alternatively, the thickness h.sub.ARB of the right grating
bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye B grating region
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
is close to 645 nm, for example, the thickness h.sub.ARB of the
right grating bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye B grating
region corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R can be 620 nm, 600 nm or 550 nm, etc.
When setting the thickness of the right grating bulges 64 in the
area of the right-eye R grating region corresponding to the non
right-eye field-of-view central area, the wavelength .lamda. of the
light incident on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of red
light, which is 630 nm. According to formula (5), when the fourth
constant m.sub.BR is 0.5, the thickness h.sub.BRR of the right
grating bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye R grating region
corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central area is
630. When setting the thickness of the right grating bulges 64 in
the area of the right-eye G grating region corresponding to the non
right-eye field-of-view central area, the wavelength .lamda. of the
light incident on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of green
light, which is 550 nm. According to formula (5), when the fourth
constant m.sub.BR is 0.5, the thickness h.sub.BRG of the right
grating bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye G grating region
corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central area is
630 nm. When setting the thickness of the right grating bulges 64
in the area of the right-eye B grating region corresponding to the
non right-eye field-of-view central area, the wavelength .lamda. of
the light incident on the grating layer 60 is the wavelength of
blue light, which is 430 nm. According to formula (5), when the
fourth constant m.sub.BR is 0.5, the thickness h.sub.BRB of the
right grating bulges 64 in the area of the right-eye B grating
region corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central
area is 430 nm.
In practical application, referring to FIGS. 11 and 12, when the
grating period of the grating layer 60 is 3 .mu.m and the thickness
of the grating bulges of the grating layer 60 is 500 nm, a
relationship between the light-extraction efficiency of the
zero-order diffraction obtained by the incident light incident on
the grating layer 60 being diffracted at the grating layer 60 and
the grating duty cycle is as shown in FIG. 11, and a relationship
between the light-extraction efficiency of the first-order
diffraction obtained by the incident light incident on the grating
layer 60 being diffracted at the grating layer 60 and the grating
duty cycle is as shown in FIG. 12. It can be seen from FIG. 11
that, as for the zero-order diffraction, when the grating duty
cycle is 0.5, the zero-order diffraction has the smallest
intensity, and when the grating duty cycle is smaller than 0.5, the
intensity of the zero-order diffraction decreases as the grating
duty cycle increases, and when the grating duty cycle is greater
than 0.5, the intensity of the zero-order diffraction increases as
the grating duty cycle increases. It can be seen from FIG. 12 that
as for the first-order diffraction, when the grating duty cycle is
0.5, the first-order diffraction has the largest intensity, and
when the grating duty cycle is smaller than 0.5, the intensity of
the first-order diffraction increases as the grating duty cycle
increases, and when the grating duty cycle is greater than 0.5, the
intensity of the first-order diffraction decreases as the grating
duty cycle increases.
In other words, the intensities of light emitted from respective
positions on the display device 10 are also related to the grating
duty cycle of the grating layer 60. According to this conclusion,
by setting the grating duty cycle of the left grating region 61,
the intensity of the non-zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the left grating
region 61 corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view central
area can be increased, and accordingly, the intensity of the light
emitted from the non left-eye field-of-view central area of the
display device 10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the
viewer can be increased, and when necessary, the intensity of the
zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the left grating region 61 corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L can be decreased
properly, so as to reduce the intensity of the light emitted from
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the display
device 10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer
properly, as a result, the intensity of light emitted from the non
left-eye field-of-view central area of the display device 10 and
falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer is made to match
the intensity of light emitted from the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L of the display device 10 and falling into the
left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer.
By setting the grating duty cycle of the right grating region 62,
the intensity of the non-zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the right grating
region 62 corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central
area can be increased, and accordingly, the intensity of the light
emitted from the non right-eye field-of-view central area of the
display device 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the
viewer can be increased, and when necessary, the intensity of the
zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the right grating region 62 corresponding to
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R can be decreased
properly, so as to reduce the intensity of the light emitted from
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R of the display
device 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer
properly, as a result, the intensity of light emitted from the non
right-eye field-of-view central area of the display device 10 and
falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer is made to match
the intensity of light emitted from the right-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.R of the display device 10 and falling into the
right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer.
Specifically, in the area corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L, the grating duty cycle
dc.sub.AL of the left grating region 61 satisfies
0.2.ltoreq.dc.sub.AL.ltoreq.0.8; in the area corresponding to the
non left-eye field-of-view central area, the grating duty cycle
dc.sub.BL of the left grating region 61 is 0.5. In the area
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R,
the grating duty cycle dc.sub.AR of the right grating region 62
satisfies 0.2.ltoreq.dc.sub.AR.ltoreq.0.8; in the area
corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central area, the
grating duty cycle dc.sub.BR of the right grating region 62 is
0.5.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the area of the left
grating region 61 corresponding to the non left-eye field-of-view
central area, the grating duty cycle dc.sub.BL of the left grating
region 61 is set as 0.5. Thus in the area corresponding to the non
left-eye field-of-view central area, when the grating period of the
left grating region 61 and the thickness of the left grating bulges
63 in the left grating region 61 are fixed, the first-order
diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the
area of the left grating region 61 corresponding to the non
left-eye field-of-view central area has the largest intensity, so
that light emitted from the non left-eye field-of-view central area
of the display device 10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of
the viewer has a stronger intensity, as a result, the intensity of
light emitted from the non left-eye field-of-view central area of
the display device 10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the
viewer matches the intensity of light emitted from the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the display device 10 and
falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the area
corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L,
the grating duty cycle dc.sub.AL of the left grating region 61
satisfies 0.2.ltoreq.dc.sub.AL.ltoreq.0.8. In practical
application, in the area corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L, the value of the grating duty
cycle dc.sub.AL of the left grating region 61 can be set according
to the actual need. For example, when there is a big difference
between the intensity of light emitted from the non left-eye
field-of-view central area of the display device 10 and falling
into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer and the intensity of light
emitted from the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the
display device 10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the
viewer, the value of the grating duty cycle dc.sub.AL of the left
grating region 61 can be set as 0.5 in the area corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L. In this case, in
the area corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L, when the grating period of the left grating region 61 and
the thickness of the left grating bulges 63 in the left grating
region 61 are fixed, the zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the left grating
region 61 corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.L has the smallest intensity, so that the intensity of the
zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the left grating region 61 corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L can be decreased
properly, as a result, the intensity of light emitted from the non
left-eye field-of-view central area of the display device 10 and
falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer matches the
intensity of light emitted from the left-eye field-of-view central
area A.sub.L of the display device 10 and falling into the left eye
Z.sub.L of the viewer. When there is a small difference between the
intensity of light emitted from the non left-eye field-of-view
central area of the display device 10 and falling into the left eye
Z.sub.L of the viewer and the intensity of light emitted from the
left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the display device
10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer, the grating
duty cycle dc.sub.AL of the left grating region 61 can be made to
satisfy 0.2.ltoreq.dc.sub.AL<0.5 or 0.5<dc.sub.AL.ltoreq.0.8
in the area corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view central
area A.sub.L. For example, the value of the grating duty cycle
dc.sub.AL of the left grating region 61 can be 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.6,
0.7 or 0.8. In this case, in the area corresponding to the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L, when the grating period of the
left grating region 61 and the thickness of the left grating bulges
63 in the left grating region 61 are fixed, the intensity of the
zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the left grating region 61 corresponding to
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L is not the
smallest, and the intensity of the zero-order diffraction obtained
by diffraction of the incident light in the area of the left
grating region 61 corresponding to the left-eye field-of-view
central area A.sub.L is not the strongest, either, such that the
intensity of light emitted from the non left-eye field-of-view
central area of the display 10 and falling into the left eye
Z.sub.L of the viewer matches the intensity of light emitted from
the left-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the display
device 10 and falling into the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the area of the
right grating region 62 corresponding to the non right-eye
field-of-view central area, the grating duty cycle dc.sub.BR of the
right grating region 62 is set as 0.5, thus in the area
corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central area, when
the grating period of the right grating region 62 and the thickness
of the right grating bulges 64 in the right grating region 62 are
fixed, the first-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the
incident light in the area of the right grating region 62
corresponding to the non right-eye field-of-view central area has
the largest intensity, so that light emitted from the non right-eye
field-of-view central area of the display device 10 and falling
into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer has a stronger intensity,
as a result, the intensity of light emitted from the non right-eye
field-of-view central area of the display device 10 and falling
into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer matches the intensity of
light emitted from the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
of the display device 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of
the viewer.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the area
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R,
the grating duty cycle dc.sub.AR of the right grating region 62
satisfies 0.2.ltoreq.dc.sub.AR.ltoreq.0.8. In practical
application, in the area corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R, the value of the grating duty
cycle dc.sub.AR of the right grating region 62 can be set according
to the actual need. For example, when there is a big difference
between the intensity of light emitted from the non right-eye
field-of-view central area of the display device 10 and falling
into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer and the intensity of light
emitted from the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R of
the display device 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the
viewer, the value of the grating duty cycle dc.sub.AR of the right
grating region 62 can be set as 0.5 in the area corresponding to
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R. In this case, in
the area corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R, when the grating period of the right grating region 62 and
the thickness of the right grating bulges 64 in the right grating
region 62 are fixed, the zero-order diffraction obtained by
diffraction of the incident light in the area of the right grating
region 62 corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R has the smallest intensity, so that the intensity of the
zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of the incident
light in the area of the right grating region 62 corresponding to
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R can be decreased
properly, as a result, the intensity of light emitted from the non
right-eye field-of-view central area of the display device 10 and
falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer matches the
intensity of light emitted from the right-eye field-of-view central
area A.sub.R of the display device 10 and falling into the right
eye Z.sub.R of the viewer. When there is a small difference the
intensity of light emitted from the non right-eye field-of-view
central area of the display device 10 and falling into the right
eye Z.sub.R of the viewer and the intensity of light emitted from
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R of the display
device 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, the
grating duty cycle dc.sub.AR of the right grating region 62 can be
made to satisfy 0.2.ltoreq.dc.sub.AR<0.5 or
0.5<dc.sub.AR.ltoreq.0.8 in the area corresponding to the
right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R. For example, the
value of the grating duty cycle dc.sub.AR of the right grating
region 62 can be 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.6, 0.7 or 0.8. In this case, in
the area corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area
A.sub.R, when the grating period of the right grating region 62 and
the thickness of the right grating bulges 64 in the right grating
region 62 are fixed, the intensity of the zero-order diffraction
obtained by diffraction of the incident light in the area of the
right grating region 62 corresponding to the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R is not the smallest, and the
intensity of the zero-order diffraction obtained by diffraction of
the incident light in the area of the right grating region 62
corresponding to the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R
is not the strongest, either, such that the intensity of light
emitted from the non right-eye field-of-view central area of the
display 10 and falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer
matches the intensity of light emitted from the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R of the display device 10 and
falling into the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer.
In the above embodiments, the left grating bulges 63 can be either
transparent grating bulges or non-transparent grating bulges, and
there are many options for the materials of the left grating bulges
63. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the left grating
bulges 63 are transparent grating bulges and are polymethyl
methacrylate grating bulges.
In the above embodiments, the right grating bulges 64 can be either
transparent grating bulges or non-transparent grating bulges, and
there are many options for the materials of the right grating
bulges 64. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the right
grating bulges 64 are transparent grating bulges and are polymethyl
methacrylate grating bulges.
Referring to FIGS. 13-18, the section shape of a left grating bulge
63 can be a step shape, a trapezoidal shape, or a triangular shape,
and the section shape of a right grating bulge 64 can be a step
shape, a trapezoidal shape, or a triangular shape.
For example, referring to FIGS. 13-14, the left grating region 61
comprises a plurality of left grating bulges 63, and there is a gap
65 between two adjacent left grating bulges 63, and when a left
grating bulge 63 is cut by a plane perpendicular to a direction of
extension of the gap 65 between two adjacent left grating bulges
63, the obtained section shape of the left grating bulge 63 is a
step shape. In practical application, as shown in FIG. 14, one of
the sides of the section of the left grating bulge 63 can have a
step shape, or as shown in FIG. 13, both of the sides of the
section of the left grating bulge 63 have a step shape. When both
of the sides of the section of the left grating bulge 63 have a
step shape, the step shapes of both sides of the section of the
left grating bulge 63 can be symmetrical relative to a central line
perpendicular to a light entrance surface of the left grating bulge
63 in the section of the left grating bulge 63, or the step shapes
of both sides of the section of the left grating bulge 63 can be
asymmetrical relative to the central line perpendicular to the
light entrance surface of the left grating bulge 63 in the section
of the left grating bulge 63. Correspondingly, the right grating
bulges 64 can be arranged in the same way as the left grating
bulges 63 as described above, which will not be elaborated any
more.
Referring to FIGS. 15 and 16, the left grating region 61 comprises
a plurality of left grating bulges 63, and there is a gap 65
between two adjacent left grating bulges 63, and when a left
grating bulge 63 is cut by a plane perpendicular to a direction of
extension of the gap 65 between two adjacent left grating bulges
63, the obtained section shape of the left grating bulge 63 is a
triangular shape. In practical application, as shown in FIG. 15,
both of the sides of the section of the left grating bulge 63 can
be symmetrical relative to a central line perpendicular to a light
entrance surface of the left grating bulge 63 in the section of the
left grating bulge 63. Then the section shape of the left grating
bulge 63 is an isosceles triangle. Alternatively, as shown in FIG.
16, both of the sides of the section of the left grating bulge 63
can be asymmetrical relative to the central line perpendicular to
the light entrance surface of the left grating bulges 63 in the
section of the left grating bulge 63. Correspondingly, the right
grating bulges 64 can be arranged in the same way as the left
grating bulges 63 as described above, which will not be elaborated
any more.
Referring to FIGS. 17 and 18, the left grating region 61 comprises
a plurality of left grating bulges 63, and there is a gap 65
between two adjacent left grating bulges 63. When a left grating
bulge 63 is cut by a plane perpendicular to a direction of
extension of the gap 65 between two adjacent left grating bulges
63, the obtained section shape of the left grating bulge 63 is a
trapezoidal shape. In practical application, as shown in FIG. 17,
both of the sides of the section of the left grating bulge 63 can
be symmetrical relative to a central line perpendicular to a light
entrance surface of the left grating bulge 63 in the section of the
left grating bulge 63. Then the section shape of the left grating
bulge 63 is an isosceles trapezoid. Alternatively, as shown in FIG.
18, both of the sides of the section of the left grating bulge 63
can be asymmetrical relative to the central line perpendicular to
the light entrance surface of the left grating bulge 63 in the
section of the left grating bulge 63. Correspondingly, the right
grating bulges 64 can be arranged in the same way as the left
grating bulges 63 as described above, which will not be elaborated
any more.
Since the section shape of each left grating bulge 63 can be a step
shape, a trapezoidal shape, or a triangular shape, a light emergent
surface of each left grating bulge 63 is not parallel to the light
entrance surface thereof. When light incident on the grating layer
60 passes through the left grating region 61, it is diffracted and
interfered several times by the left grating region 61, thus the
effects of diffraction and interference of the incident light in
the left grating region 61 are enhanced, and the ability of
adjusting the light emergent directions in respective positions on
the left display area 21 is enhanced. As a result, light
propagation in the area of the display device 10 corresponding to
the left display area 21 can be better controlled and the effect of
control to light propagation in the area of the display device 10
corresponding to the left display area 21 can be improved, thereby
improving the viewing experience of the viewer to bring more real
and comfortable viewing experience to the viewer.
Since the section shape of each right grating bulge 64 can be a
step shape, a trapezoidal shape, or a triangular shape, a light
emergent surface of each right grating bulge 64 is not parallel to
the light entrance surface thereof. When light incident on the
grating layer 60 passes through the right grating region 62, it is
diffracted and interfered several times by the right grating region
62, thus the effects of diffraction and interference of the
incident light in the right grating region 62 are enhanced, and the
ability of adjusting the light emergent directions in respective
positions on the right display area 22 is enhanced. As a result,
light propagation in the area of the display device 10
corresponding to the right display area 22 can be better controlled
and the effect of control to light propagation in the area of the
display device 10 corresponding to the right display area 22 can be
improved, thereby improving the viewing experience of the viewer to
bring more real and comfortable viewing experience to the
viewer.
It shall be noted that when both sides of the section of a left
grating bulge 63 are asymmetrical relative to the central line of
the section of the left grating bulge 63, and when light incident
on the grating layer 60 passes through the left grating region 61,
the incident light is diffracted and interfered in the left grating
region 61, and the diffraction angle and intensity of the obtained
kth-order diffraction are asymmetrical relative to the zero-order
diffraction. By making both sides of the section of the left
grating bulge 63 to be asymmetrical relative to the central line of
the section of the left grating bulge 63, the kth-order diffraction
emitted back to the sight of the viewer is enabled to have a
destructive interference, while the kth-order diffraction emitted
towards the sight of the viewer is enabled to have a constructive
interference, thereby further improving the effect of control to
the light propagation within the display device 10, improving
viewing experience of the viewer to bring more real and comfortable
viewing experience to the viewer.
When both sides of the section of a right grating bulge 64 are
asymmetrical relative to the central line of the section of the
right grating bulge 64, and when light incident on the grating
layer 60 passes through the right grating region 62, the incident
light is diffracted and interfered in the right grating region 62,
and the diffraction angle and intensity of the obtained kth-order
diffraction are asymmetrical relative to the zero-order
diffraction. By making both sides of the section of the right
grating bulge 64 to be asymmetrical relative to the central line of
the section of the right grating bulge 64, the kth-order
diffraction emitted back to the sight of the viewer is enabled to
have a destructive interference, while the kth-order diffraction
emitted towards the sight of the viewer is enabled to have a
constructive interference, thereby further improving the effect of
control to the light propagation within the display device 10,
improving viewing experience of the viewer to bring more real and
comfortable viewing experience to the viewer.
Still referring to FIG. 3, when the display device 10 is a liquid
crystal display device, the display panel 20 comprises a color film
layer 23, and the grating layer 60 is at a light emergent side or a
light entrance side of the color film layer 23. For example, the
display panel 20 comprises a first substrate, a second substrate
and the color film layer 23, the first substrate and the second
substrate being opposite to each other, the color film layer 23
being disposed between the first substrate and the second
substrate, and a side of the color film layer 23 facing the second
substrate is a light emergent side thereof. Alternatively, the
grating layer 60 can be at a light emergent side of the color film
layer 23, for example, the grating layer 60 can be between the
color film layer 23 and the second substrate. Alternatively, the
grating layer 60 can be disposed on a side of the second substrate
facing away from the color film layer. Alternatively, the grating
layer 60 can be on a light entrance side of the color film layer
23, for example, the grating layer 60 can be disposed between the
color film layer 23 and the first substrate, or the grating layer
60 can be disposed on a side of the first substrate facing away
from the color film layer 23.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the grating layer 60 is
at the light emergent side of the color film layer 23 and contacts
the color film layer 23. Specifically, the display panel 20
comprises the first substrate, the second substrate and the color
film layer 23, the first substrate and the second substrate being
opposite to each other, the color film layer 23 being disposed
between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the side
of the color film layer 23 facing the second substrate is the light
emergent side thereof. The grating layer 60 is disposed between the
color film layer 23 and the second substrate, and the grating layer
60 contacts the color film layer 23. In such a design, light
incident on the grating layer 60 is light emergent from the color
film layer 23, and since the grating layer 60 contacts the color
film layer 23, emergent light from the color film layer 23 will not
have a light mixing before being incident on the grating layer 60,
thus the effect of control of the light propagation in the display
device 10 by the grating layer 60 will not be reduced because of
light mixing of the emergent light from the color film layer
23.
In the above embodiment, the grating layer 60 can be arranged
external to the display panel 20. For example, the display device
10 is a liquid crystal display device, which comprises a back light
source and the display panel 20 at a light emergent side of the
back light source. The back light source provides an area light
source for the display panel 20. The grating layer 60 can be
arranged between the back light source and the display panel 20 and
in contact with the back light source, and the area light source
provided by the back light source is incident into the display
panel 20 after passing through the grating layer 60.
When manufacturing the display device 10 provided in the above
embodiments, the grating layer 60 can be prepared by various
methods, for example, the grating layer 60 can be prepared by
nanoimprint process or laser interference process.
Still referring to FIG. 1, the display device 10 further comprises
a light barrier 50 at a light emergent side of the display device
10. The light barrier 50 is between the left display area 21 and
the right display area 22. Specifically, referring to FIG. 1, the
light emergent side of the display device 10 is the lower side in
FIG. 1 and the light emergent surface of the display device 10 is
the lower surface of the display panel 20 in FIG. 1. Along the left
and right direction in FIG. 1, the light barrier 50 is provided in
the middle of the display panel 20. The light barrier 50 can be a
light-absorbing light barrier, i.e. the light barrier 50 can absorb
light incident thereon. The light barrier 50 separates the left
display area 21 and the right display area 22 of the display panel
20 as shown in FIG. 1. When a viewer is viewing an image displayed
by the display device 10, light emitted from respective positions
on the left display area 21 cannot enter the right eye Z.sub.R of
the viewer due to the blocking of the light barrier 50, and light
emitted from respective positions on the right display area 22
cannot enter the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer due to the blocking
of the light barrier 50, thus preventing the image viewed by the
right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer from being interfered by the light
emitted from respective positions on the left display area 21 and
preventing the image viewed by the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer
from being interfered by the light emitted from respective
positions on the right display area 22. Accordingly, crosstalk
between images viewed by the left eye Z.sub.L and the right eye
Z.sub.R of the viewer can be effectively reduced.
When the display device 10 provided in the above embodiment is
applied to a near eye display device, for example, when the display
device 10 is applied to a helmet display device or a glass-type
display device, the light barrier 50 can be arranged on a housing
of the helmet display device or glass-type display device. When a
viewer is wearing the helmet display device or the glass-type
display device, the light barrier 50 is between the left eye
Z.sub.L and the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, and it can be held
on the bridge of the nose of the viewer.
In the above embodiment, the display device 10 comprises the
display panel 20 which comprises the left display area 21
corresponding to the left eye Z.sub.L of the viewer and the right
display area 22 corresponding to the right eye Z.sub.R of the
viewer. In practical application, the display device 10 may
comprise two display panels which are respectively corresponding to
the left eye Z.sub.L and the right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer.
Specifically, referring to FIGS. 19 and 20, an embodiment of the
present disclosure provides another display device 10. The display
device 10 comprises a left display panel 30, a right display panel
40, a left grating layer arranged inside or outside of the left
display panel 30, and a right grating layer arranged inside or
outside of the right display panel 40. The left display panel 30
corresponds to a left eye Z.sub.L of a viewer, a left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L and a non left-eye field-of-view
central area are in the left display panel 30, and the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L and the non left-eye
field-of-view central area together cover a light emergent surface
of the left display panel 30. The left display panel 30 comprises a
plurality of left-eye R pixels, a plurality of left-eye G pixels
and a plurality of left-eye B pixels. The right display panel 40
corresponds to a right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer, a right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R and a non right-eye
field-of-view central area are in the right display panel 40, and
the right-eye field-of-view central area A.sub.R and the non
right-eye field-of-view central area together cover a light
emergent surface of the right display panel 40. The right display
panel 40 comprises a plurality of right-eye R pixels, a plurality
of right-eye G pixels and a plurality of right-eye B pixels.
The left grating layer comprises a left-eye R grating region
corresponding to the left-eye R pixels, a left-eye G grating region
corresponding to the left-eye G pixels, and a left-eye B grating
region corresponding to the left-eye B pixels. The right grating
layer comprises a right-eye R grating region corresponding to the
right-eye R pixels, a right-eye G grating region corresponding to
the right-eye G pixels, and a right-eye B grating region
corresponding to the right-eye B pixels.
Along a direction pointing from a center a.sub.L of the left-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.L of the left display panel 30 to
the non left-eye field-of-view central area of the left display
panel 30, a grating period of the left-eye R grating region, a
grating period of the left-eye G grating region, and a grating
period of the left-eye B grating region all decrease gradually.
Light emitted by the display device 10 from a position
corresponding to the left-eye R pixels, light emitted by the
display device 10 from a position corresponding to the left-eye G
pixels, and light emitted by the display device 10 from a position
corresponding to the left-eye B pixels are all directed to the left
eye Z.sub.L of the viewer.
Along a direction pointing from a center a.sub.R of the right-eye
field-of-view central area A.sub.R of the right display panel 40 to
the non right-eye field-of-view central area of the right display
panel 40, a grating period of the right-eye R grating region, a
grating period of the right-eye G grating region, and a grating
period of the right-eye B grating region all decrease gradually.
Light emitted by the display device 10 from a position
corresponding to the right-eye R pixels, light emitted by the
display device 10 from a position corresponding to the right-eye G
pixels, and light emitted by the display device 10 from a position
corresponding to the right-eye B pixels are all directed to the
right eye Z.sub.R of the viewer.
In the above embodiment, the display device 10 comprises the left
display panel 30, the right display panel 40, the left grating
layer and the right grating layer. Such a display device 10 has the
same advantage as the above-described display device 10 comprising
the display panel 20 and the grating layer 60, which will not be
elaborated any more.
In the above embodiment, the display device 10 comprises the left
display panel 30, the right display panel 40, the left grating
layer and the right grating layer, wherein the left display panel
30 can be arranged in the same way as the left display area 21 of
the display panel 20 in the above-described embodiment, and the
right display panel 40 can be arranged in the same way as the right
display area 22 of the display panel 20 in the above-described
embodiment; the left grating layer can be arranged in the same way
as the left grating region 61 of the grating layer 60 in the
above-described embodiment, and the right grating layer can be
arranged in the same way as the right grating region 62 of the
grating layer 60 in the above-described embodiment. When the
display device 10 comprises the left display panel 30, the right
display panel 40, the left grating layer and the right grating
layer, the light barrier 50 can be arranged in the same way as the
light barrier 50 in the above-described display device 10 that
comprises the display panel 20 and the grating layer 60.
It shall be noted that, although in the above embodiments, the
concept of the present disclosure is described by taking the
display device 10 with the color scheme of RGB (Red, Green, Blue)
as an example, those skilled in the art shall appreciate that the
concept of the present disclosure can be applied to display devices
with other color schemes, e.g. a color scheme of RGBW (Red, Green,
Blue, White).
In descriptions of the above embodiments, specific features,
structures, materials or characteristics can be combined in
appropriate manners in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The above described are merely specific embodiments of the present
disclosure, while they do not intend to limit the protection scope
of the present disclosure. Any variation or substitution that is
easily conceivable by those skilled in the art within the technical
scope disclosed by the present disclosure shall fall into the
protection scope of the present disclosure. Thus the protection
scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended
claims.
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